Registros Eclesiásticos da igreja de São Sebastião, Araruama-RJ, Brasil.
Scope & Content:
This collection contains Portuguese manuscript documents from the Church of São Sebastião, Araruama, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The volumes were produced during the colonial, Imperial, and Republican periods and consist of baptismal records (1710-1887) and burial records (1871-1887) of free, freed ...
The volume contains burial records of children born to enslaved mothers after the passage of Law 2040/1871, the "Free Womb" Law, and registered in the Church of São Sebastião, Araruama-RJ. Entries date from 29 Dec 1871 to 22 Jun 1887. There is no closing charter; the opening charter was signed b...