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.
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 ...
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...
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...
Documents from Judiciary of Bragança - Judgment Law of Bragança - Box 30 1865
Scope & Content:
Judiciary documents contained in Box 30. Document 1: 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 ...
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...
Documents from Judiciary of Santarém - Municipal Court of the District of Santarém - Box 37 1860
Scope & Content:
Judiciary documents contained in Box 37. Document 1: 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 ...
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...
Documents from Judiciary of Bragança - Municipal Judgment of the Term of Bragança - Box 28 1868
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Judiciary documents contained in Box 28. Document 1: 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 S...
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 ...