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41. EAP323/1/4/10

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP323/1/4/10
Title:
Document 10
Scope & Content:
João de Deos, slave, claimed that his master, Hermenegildo Pereira Lima, did not enrolled him in the Emancipation Fund for which he should be bestowed with a certificate of emancipation (carta de liberdade), except for the “direitos dominicais” (Sunday rights) conceded to his master by law. João ...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Portuguese
Date Range:
19th century
Extent:
TIFF images

42. EAP323/1/4/11

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP323/1/4/11
Title:
Document 11
Scope & Content:
Laura, Black slave, denounced the heirs of the late Isabel Ovidia de Resende for bringing her to Belém to be sold without a valid certificate, since she had not been enrolled in the Emancipation Fund by them. Such fact entitled her to be legally freed. She feared her master’s violent behavior and...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Portuguese
Date Range:
19th century
Extent:
TIFF images

43. EAP323/1/5/1

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP323/1/5/1
Title:
Document 1
Scope & Content:
In 21 October 1887, Hermina, slave, petitioned her emancipation because her master, Luiz Antonio Gonçalves, did not enrolled her in the list of the Fund of Emancipation as required by law. She was still fighting for her freedom in 20 April 1888, less than one month before the complete abolition o...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Portuguese
Date Range:
1887-1888
Extent:
TIFF images

44. EAP323/1/6/1

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP323/1/6/1
Title:
Document 1
Scope & Content:
Lino Antonio, “crioulo”/Creole, widower, an ex-slave and a freedman since 1859, filed a complaint against his former master Antonio Rodrigues Chaves. According to Lino Antonio, despite the fact that he and his wife, Nataria Francisca (deceased), were both freed, Chaves had been trying to convince...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Portuguese
Date Range:
1859
Extent:
TIFF images

45. EAP323/1/6/2

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP323/1/6/2
Title:
Document 2
Scope & Content:
Umbelina, Black slave, claimed that in the will of her deceased mistress, Teresa Ignacia de Jesus Fróes, there was a clause setting her free after paying ten years of service to José Raymundo Monteiro. In the copy of the testament, attached to the proceedings, it is possible to know that Teresa F...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Portuguese
Date Range:
1859
Extent:
TIFF images

46. EAP323/1/6/3

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP323/1/6/3
Title:
Document 3
Scope & Content:
Anna Joaquina filed a complaint with the court arguing that her daughter Catharina, “Cafuza,” was born from a “free womb” (ventre livre). However, Catharina was at that time held in captivity by Thomas Antonio de Sousa Madeira, a resident of the region bordering the river Curatuba, in the Igarapé...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Portuguese
Date Range:
1859
Extent:
TIFF images

47. EAP323/1/6/4

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP323/1/6/4
Title:
Document 4
Scope & Content:
Adrianno (“pardo”/Mulatto), declared before justice that his master, João Romão, had had a debt of 400,000 réis with Fernando Lopes de Azevedo. Romão had then assigned Adrianno to work for Azevedo as long as it was needed to pay his debt. Adrianno claimed that he had worked for Azevedo much more ...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Portuguese
Date Range:
1859
Extent:
TIFF images

48. EAP323/1/7/1

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP323/1/7/1
Title:
Document 1
Scope & Content:
Izidoro Rodrigues do Couto, goldsmith, a resident of the Villa de São Miguel de Melgaço, Breves county, filed a complaint with the court accusing the slave Laurindo and his master, Albino José de Farias e Mello, Portuguese, merchant, of beating severely (with a club) Moisés Cohim, Hebrew. Custodi...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Portuguese
Date Range:
19th century
Extent:
TIFF images

49. EAP323/1/7/2

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP323/1/7/2
Title:
Document 2
Scope & Content:
Manoel da Costa Gomes sued Raimunda, “carafuza,” and her former master, Bento Dias Pereira, for 600,000 réis. He had lent to Raimunda this amount of money to buy her freedom in exchange for six years of work. According to Gomes, she had not fulfilled this agreement. José Cisneiro Baratinha, judge...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Portuguese
Date Range:
19th century
Extent:
TIFF images

50. EAP323/1/7/3

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP323/1/7/3
Title:
Document 3
Scope & Content:
A group of individuals, comprising two families of slaves, started a civil action for their emancipation. Casimiro Antonio Porfirio and his mother Raymunda Maria dos Santos, along with Anna and her siblings Jezuina Maria da Gloria, Luduvina Francisca da Roza, Joanna Gonzaga Lameira and Ovidio Tho...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Portuguese
Date Range:
19th century
Extent:
TIFF images

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