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61. EAP323/1/9/7

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP323/1/9/7
Title:
Document 7
Scope & Content:
Felicidade Maria da Conceição, Black, claimed she had been freed by her late mistress Alexandrina Magno Villas Boas, but her heirs had mortgaged her to a third party. Antonio Paulino de Souza Uchôa, solicitor. Marcelino Marques de Lima, scrivener.
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Portuguese
Date Range:
19th century
Extent:
TIFF images

62. EAP323/1/9/8

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP323/1/9/8
Title:
Document 8
Scope & Content:
Anna Maria do Carmo, Parda/Mulatto slave of João da Fonseca Freitas, farmer, a resident of Marajó-Assú, solicited to be legally freed because her master had declared several times that she was free in the presence of various witnesses. She was accompanied by her uncle João Carlos Mariano and the ...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Portuguese
Date Range:
19th century
Extent:
TIFF images

63. EAP323/1/9/9

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP323/1/9/9
Title:
Document 9
Scope & Content:
Bernardino Rodrigues Valente do Couto said that Francisco, slave of Francisco de Souza Mesquita, a resident of Manaus, was put under his care by the chief of police because his master was treating him badly. He demands an appraisal of the slave’s price in order to initiate emancipation legal proc...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Portuguese
Date Range:
19th century
Extent:
TIFF images

64. EAP323/1/9/10

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP323/1/9/10
Title:
Document 10
Scope & Content:
Theodora and her minor children, Luis, Emilia, and Joanna, slaves of Firmino José de Souza, were freed by fair payment. During the proceedings, the three children were put under the care of Theodora’s life companion, Eloy, Black, who would keep them until the final judicial decision. Theodora die...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Portuguese
Date Range:
19th century
Extent:
TIFF images

65. EAP323/1/10/1

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP323/1/10/1
Title:
Document 1
Scope & Content:
In 1865, solicitor presented before justice a statement claiming that Martha, minor, was a free person. She was the daughter of the late Major Joaquim Inocencio de Santiago with Romana, his Black slave. For him, Martha was free not because she was the daughter of a free man (laws were clear about...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Portuguese
Date Range:
1865
Extent:
TIFF images

66. EAP323/1/11/1

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP323/1/11/1
Title:
Document 1
Scope & Content:
In 1860, João de Mattos Ferreira Campos sold to Geronimo da Motta de Siqueira (550,000 réis) the Mulatto slave Evaristo Lopes de Paula, approx. 20 years old, who “bears all vices practiced by mulattoes, and without any type of warranty.” Paula escaped, but after a while presented himself before h...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Portuguese
Date Range:
1860
Extent:
TIFF images

67. EAP323/1/12/1

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP323/1/12/1
Title:
Document 1
Scope & Content:
In 1868, Leandro, Black slave, 11 years old (“moleque”), was sold in public auction (300,000 réis) for the payment of legal fees charged on the account of his late master’s probate proceedings. Domingos Gesualdo, master. Francisco Leonardo de Souza Miranda Couto, judge. Joaquim Ferreira da Silva ...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Portuguese
Date Range:
1868
Extent:
TIFF images

68. EAP323/1/13/1

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP323/1/13/1
Title:
Document 1
Scope & Content:
In 1812, the financially stressed heirs of the late Joanna Maria, wife of the already deceased Francisco José de Abreu, conducted a public auction of Maria Antonia, African slave (“nação mexicongo”). She was appraised at 150,000 réis, and was acquired shortly after by Antonio Joaquim Ferreira de ...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Portuguese
Date Range:
1812
Extent:
TIFF images

69. EAP323/1/14/1

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP323/1/14/1
Title:
Document 1
Scope & Content:
Belisario and his wife, Ritta, both very old and sick, Black slaves of Domingos José Ferreira and his wife Floriana Maria da Conceição, both deceased, presented before justice the amount of 87,000 réis to buy their manumission. Despite the fact that this amount was considered an adequate amount b...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Portuguese
Date Range:
1812
Extent:
TIFF images

70. EAP323/1/14/2

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP323/1/14/2
Title:
Document 2
Scope & Content:
Maria Ritta, Mulatto slave of the late Maria Antonia Joaquina de Carvalho, had her emancipation bought in public auction by her own son, Raimundo José Bittencourt, for 81,000 réis. João José de Amorim Paiva, scrivener.
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Portuguese
Date Range:
1812
Extent:
TIFF images

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