Document 10 (1828) Record of the letter of emancipation of the newborn Feliciana, daughter of Manoel José and Igrancia Maria, both Black slaves of Lieutenant José Cardoso Castello Branco, all residents of Mojú. Feliciana was to be freed after being baptized at the Cathedral of the See in Belém. H...
Document 11 (1828) Record of the letter of emancipation of Vitorina, Black slave of Maria do Carmo, married to Lt. João Correia Miranda do Carmo, residents of Mojú. Maria do Carmo, by not knowing how to read and write, asked her husband to provide a record of freedom of the slave Vitorina.
Document 12 (1828) Record of the letter of emancipation of Vitoria Roza, Cafuza and Creole slave of Francisco José da Silva. Vitoria Roza paid to her former master the sum of 300,000 réis, which guaranteed her freedom forever.
Document 13 (1829) Record of the letter of emancipation of the Cafuza slave Mariana Antonia da Conceição and her children (Antonio Manuel, Serafim dos Anjos, Maria dos Santos, and Bárbara Maria), all slaves of Francisco de Sá de Moraes. All they must be considered free persons after their master’...
Document 14 (1829) Record of sale of the Ladino slaves Joaquim, Fernando, Jorge, Maria Ritta, Joanna, Jesabel, Maria Joaquina, along with the Moleque slaves Manoel Luiz and Ambrósio and the slave child Carlota, belonging to João Pereira Vilaça, who sold them for 1,600,000 réis to Manoel José Anto...
Document 15 (1829) Record of the letter of emancipation of Ana Maria da Conceição, slave of the late Margarida dos Anjos, a resident of Vigia, who before passing away instructed her heir, Diogo Dias Fróes de Jesus, to free Ana for good services rendered.
Document 16 (1829) Record of the letter of emancipation of Manoel da Silva, Black slave of Francisco Pereira Braga, who raised him as a son, explaining that after his death the slave should be freed by his heirs.
Document 17 (1829) Record of the donation of the Black slave João illegible and the Creole slave Cezario, valued at 1,000,000 réis and 700,000 réis respectively, by Fidelis Carvalho dos Passos and Anna Joaquina Fidelis de Souza Pereira Pinto to Manoel Candido.
Document 18 (1829) Record of conditional freedom to Izabel, Creole slave of Maria Thereza de Vasconcellos, a resident of the Vila de Oeiras, who declares Izabel free after her death for good service.
Document 19 (1829) Record of letter of emancipation to Candido Ferreira, son of Micaella, African slave from the ‘nation’ Bijagó, issued by Doratheia de Souza, Pedro Ferreira’s widow, residents of the Engenho (sugar mill) of Mucajúba. Candido received his letter of emancipation after the death of...