Crossroads of Freedom by Walter Fraga
First published in Portuguese in 2006, Walter Fraga's Crossroads of Freedom brings readers into the world of the last generation of enslaved men, women, and children who toiled in Bahia's sugar plantations and later struggled to make lives for themselves following Brazil's abolition of slavery in 1888.
"Mary Ann Mahony has adeptly translated one of the best monographic histories of slaves for the vast sugar lands of Brazil. . . This book extends Fraga’s 2004 dissertation and is a must read for specialists of slavery, emancipation, or Brazil, and, if contextualized, should be compelling to undergraduates and general readers as well. Highly recommended." -- I. W. Read * Choice *
“This rich collection of documents constitutes a major contribution to the literature on post-emancipation Brazil.” -- Oscar de la Torre * EIAL *
"[C]arefully researched ... Crossroads of Freedom provides unique insights into what happened next following the emancipation of the slaves from the sugar plantations of Recôncavo." -- Eugene Carey * Latin American Review of Books *
"Crossroads of Freedom is a pleasure to read and a tremendous contribution to the study of slavery and abolition." -- Anadelia A. Romano * Journal of Latin American Studies *
"A masterful translation. . . . Crossroads of Freedom provides valuable insight into not only slavery and freedom in the Recôncavo of Bahia and Brazil by extension, but also how these social forces informed Brazilian race relations more generally and the directives of the black liberation struggle in terms of battling persistent patterns of social inequality." -- G. Reginald Daniel * Bulletin of Latin American Research *
"Walter Fraga's book is undoubtedly one of the most important results of Brazilian social history that has been produced in the past 15 years." -- Alain El Youssef * European Review of Latin American and Caribbean Studies *
“This rich collection of documents constitutes a major contribution to the literature on post-emancipation Brazil.” -- Oscar de la Torre * EIAL *
"[C]arefully researched ... Crossroads of Freedom provides unique insights into what happened next following the emancipation of the slaves from the sugar plantations of Recôncavo." -- Eugene Carey * Latin American Review of Books *
"Crossroads of Freedom is a pleasure to read and a tremendous contribution to the study of slavery and abolition." -- Anadelia A. Romano * Journal of Latin American Studies *
"A masterful translation. . . . Crossroads of Freedom provides valuable insight into not only slavery and freedom in the Recôncavo of Bahia and Brazil by extension, but also how these social forces informed Brazilian race relations more generally and the directives of the black liberation struggle in terms of battling persistent patterns of social inequality." -- G. Reginald Daniel * Bulletin of Latin American Research *
"Walter Fraga's book is undoubtedly one of the most important results of Brazilian social history that has been produced in the past 15 years." -- Alain El Youssef * European Review of Latin American and Caribbean Studies *
Walter Fraga is Associate Professor in the Department of History of the Federal University of the Bahian RecÔncavo in Cachoeira, Bahia, Brazil.
Mary Ann Mahony is Professor of History at Central Connecticut State University.
Mary Ann Mahony is Professor of History at Central Connecticut State University.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780822360902 |
| ISBN 10 | 082236090X |
| Title | Crossroads of Freedom |
| Author | Walter Fraga |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Duke University Press |
| Year published | 2016-05-09 |
| Number of pages | 344 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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