Document 28 (1829) Record of the letter of emancipation of the minor Antonia, Black slave, daughter of Antonia, Black slave of Mariana Carneiro who also explains that at any time her heirs would have any power over the said slave.
Document 29 (1829) Record of the letter of emancipation of Bento, blacksmith, Black/Creole slave of Antonia Pinto. Bento received his manumission after paying the sum of 300,000 réis to his owner.
Document 34 (1829) Record of the donation made by Sebastião Ignácio José Rodrigues of a young woman named Maria do Nascimento to his daughter Inocencia de Nazareth. Rodrigues explains that his daughter raised the said slave and, for that, she could not be included in his post-mortem inventory.
Document 35 (1829) Record of the conditional letter of emancipation of Maria Francisca, Black slave of Bartholomeu Dias Guerreiro, who frees said slave after his death.
Document 37 (1829) Record of the letter of emancipation of Julio de Souza, Cafuzo slave of Feliciana Maria de Souza, the widow of the deceased Alexandre José Delgado. She claims that Julio, by his good services, deserves to enjoy complete freedom, and that all his heirs to be born should be suppo...
Document 39 (1830) Record of the letter of emancipation of the minor Manoel Santorio, Mulatto slave of Father Ignacio Antunes de Frestas. Monoel’s mother, a Cafuza slave named illegible Maria, had been lent to the priest’s nephew, Bento Sanhes de Brito, and now receives letter of emancipation alo...
Document 40 (1830) Record of the letter of emancipation of Valentina, Mulatto slave of Narcizo Gomes do Amaral, who of free will and spontaneously, without charging any onus, grants freedom to his slave.
Documents from Judiciary of Bragança - Judgment Law of Bragança - Box 25 1828
Scope & Content:
Judiciary documents contained in Box 25. Document 1: In 1828, Francisca Antonia da Silva asked the judge compliance with a previous legal cancellation of the letters of emancipation of the slaves Felicio, Anna, Susanna, Theresa, Paulina, and Maria. Her ex-husband, Francisco Bernardo Maria, had em...
In 1828, Francisca Antonia da Silva asked the judge compliance with a previous legal cancellation of the letters of emancipation of the slaves Felicio, Anna, Susanna, Theresa, Paulina, and Maria. Her ex-husband, Francisco Bernardo Maria, had emancipated said slaves after their divorce. According ...
Documents from Judiciary of Belém - Judgment of the First Court of Law - Box 3 c1871-1874
Scope & Content:
Judiciary documents contained in Box 3. Document 1: Carolina, slave, petitioned emancipation from her master, Emílio Augusto da Cunha Pereira, alleging she was not enrolled in the list of the Emancipation Fund as required by the Law n. 2040 of 28 September 1871 (Article 8, clause 2), also known a...