Document 05: (1874) Legal proceedings for the delivery of peculium belonging to Leopoldino Alberto do Nascimento, Black slave of Major Bernadino de Senna Lameira. Lameira demanded 1,000,000 (a million or one ‘conto’ de) réis for Nascimento’s freedom. The slave had saved only 600,000 réis, which w...
Document 06: (1875) Legal record of public auction where three Black slaves belonging to the minor heirs of the late Francisco Antonio da Silva where purchased by Antonio Andrea Capper as follows: Torquato, 18 years old (1,000,000 réis); Angélica, 19 yrs old (700,000 réis); and her daughter, Chri...
Document 07: (1876) Legal proceedings to free Rufina, Black slave, 70 years old, for 50,000 réis. Rufina belonged to the late Mariana Rodrigues Martins and was put to sell by the executor of her will, Francisco Fernandes de Monteiro. Major Raymundo Alves da Cunha bought Rufina’s “freedom.” In exc...
Document 08: (1877) Legal proceedings related to a petition issued by the General Prosecutor of the Treasury, José Rodrigues Pereira, complaining against the ways slaves had been classified in the lists of the emancipation fund. Joaquim Martins da Silva, scrivener.
Document 09: (1877) Legal proceedings related to the classification of slaves to be freed by the emancipation fund in the county of Ourém. Joaquim Martins da Silva, scrivener.
Document 10: (1877) Legal proceedings opened by the petition made by Sebastião Paes, Black slave, approx. 26 years old, single, bricklayer, able to read and write, good behavior. His owner, Lourenço Paes de Sousa, priced him in 900,000 réis. However, Sebastião complained that his name did not app...
Document 11: (1877) Legal proceedings for the freedom of Canegundes, Black slave, 25 years old, single, cook. Her mother, Maria Antonia, deposited the amount of 300,000 réis in her behalf for that was the price she was appraised by her master on the lists of the emancipation fund. Canegundes had ...
Document 12: (1877) Legal proceedings related to the classification of slaves to be freed by the emancipation fund in the county of São Miguel do Guamá. Joaquim Martins da Silva, scrivener.
Document 13: (1877) Legal proceedings related to the classification of slaves to be freed by the emancipation fund in the county of Igarapé-Mirim. Joaquim Martins da Silva, scrivener.
Document 14: (1877) Legal proceedings related to the classification of slaves to be freed by the emancipation fund in the county of Acará. Joaquim Martins da Silva, scrivener.