Consists of burial records of enslaved and free individuals dating from 1675 - 1944. Owner(s) of original material: Arquivo da Cúria Metropolitana de Niterói.
The volume records burials of children born to enslaved women after the passage of Lei 2.040/1871 (the "Free Womb" Law) registered in the Church of Nossa Senhora da Assunção de Cabo Frio, in Cabo Frio, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. A transcription of Lei 2.040, which declared the children of enslaved ...