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1. 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

2. 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

3. 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

4. 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

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