In 1826, Narcisa do Carmo, Black slave, concubine of her master José Antonio Ribeiro, received from him authorization to demand before justice the right to inherit the assets left by her late sister, Severina Rosa, freed Black, single, no children. In order to prove the sisterhood she presented b...
Documents from Judiciary of Belém - Judgment of the Ombudsman of the Capital - Box 02 1851
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Judiciary documents contained in Box 2. Documents: In 1851, the newborn slaves Severino and João were put to legal appraisal by the Santa Casa de Misericórdia (or Hospital do Senhor Bom Jesus da Caridade), a hospital linked to the Catholic Church. The Santa Casa owned their parents, Sabino Marcos...
In 1851, the newborn slaves Severino and João were put to legal appraisal by the Santa Casa de Misericórdia (or Hospital do Senhor Bom Jesus da Caridade), a hospital linked to the Catholic Church. The Santa Casa owned their parents, Sabino Marcos (Black, carpenter, married to the Black slave Mari...
Documents from Judiciary of Belém - Municipal Judgment of the Capital (Second Defeat) - Box 22 1888
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Judiciary documents contained in Box 22. Document 1: In 1888, Jezuina, Black slave of the commendator Alvaro Pinto de Pontes e Souza, wanted to indemnify her master by paying for her freedom the amount under which she was enrolled in the Fundo de Emancipação (emancipation fund), according to the ...
In 1888, Jezuina, Black slave of the commendator Alvaro Pinto de Pontes e Souza, wanted to indemnify her master by paying for her freedom the amount under which she was enrolled in the Fundo de Emancipação (emancipation fund), according to the law of 28 September 1885. For not being able to repre...
Documents from Judiciary Courts of Belém - Orphans Court of the Capital - Box 09 1872-1880
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Judiciary documents contained in Box 09. Document 01: (1872) Legal proceedings to free Anna, Black slave, and her children Veronica, Manuel, Leoncio and Esperidião, who belonged to the family of the deceased Pedro da Costa Barral. Anna was married to Lourenço Antonio da Costa, freed Black, overse...
Document 01: (1872) Legal proceedings to free Anna, Black slave, and her children Veronica, Manuel, Leoncio and Esperidião, who belonged to the family of the deceased Pedro da Costa Barral. Anna was married to Lourenço Antonio da Costa, freed Black, overseer. Raymundo R. Leal Castello Branco, sol...
Document 02: (1873) Legal proceedings to ensure the safeguard of the peculium intended to free slaves enrolled in the emancipation fund. José Gonçalves Nogueira, scrivener.
Document 03: (1874) Legal proceedings for the arbitration on the case of Salustiano, Black slave of Gil Antonio Pedroza. Salustiano was priced at 1,000,000 (a million or one ‘conto’ de) réis. Guilherme de Jesus Mesquita and José Antonio Pará, solicitors. Joaquim Martins da Silva, scrivener.
Document 04: (1874) Legal proceedings to free Innocencia, Mulatto slave, belonging to Michaela Angela dos Passos and José Antonio Siqueira. Innocencia presents certificates issued in both cities of Cametá and Belém proving that she was not enrolled in the emancipation fund to receive letter of ma...