Divining Slavery and Freedom

Erscheinungsjahr 2015
ISBN: 978-1-107-07977-9
Verlag: Cambridge University Press

Buch, Englisch, 352 Seiten, Format (B × H): 150 mm x 231 mm, Gewicht: 635 g

Reihe: New Approaches to the Americas

Since its original publication in Portuguese in 2008, this first English translation of Divining Slavery has been extensively revised and updated, complete with new primary sources and a new bibliography. It tells the story of Domingos Sodré, an African-born priest who was enslaved in Bahia, Brazil in the nineteenth century. After obtaining his freedom, Sodré became a slave owner himself, and in 1862 was arrested on suspicion of receiving stolen goods from slaves in exchange for supposed 'witchcraft'. Using this incident as a catalyst, the book discusses African religion and its place in a slave society, analyzing its double role as a refuge for blacks as well as a bridge between classes and ethnic groups (such as whites who attended African rituals and sought help from African diviners and medicine men). Ultimately, Divining Slavery explores the fluidity and relativity of conditions such as slavery and freedom, African and local religions, personal and collective experience and identities in the lives of Africans in the Brazilian diaspora.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Reis, João José

Gledhill, H Sabrina

Weitere Mitwirkende

Gledhill, H. Sabrina

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtswissenschaft Allgemein
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Afrikanische Geschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Amerikanische Geschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Sonstige Religionen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface; 1. Cops and Candomblé in Domingos Sodré's day; 2. From an African in Onim to a slave in Bahia; 3. Domingos Sodré, diviner; 4. Witchcraft and slavery; 5. Witchcraft and manumission; 6. Meet some friends of Domingos Sodré, 7. Domingos Sodré; Epilogue.

Über Autor(innen)

Gledhill, H. Sabrina
H. Sabrina Gledhill is the author of many scholarly articles, essays and book chapters, and has translated over thirty books.

Reis, João José
João José Reis is Professor of History at the Universidade Federal da Bahia, Brazil. An award-winning historian and lifetime Honorary Foreign Member of the American Historical Association, he has published extensively on the history of slavery in nineteenth-century Brazil.