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EAP323/1/8
- Record Id:
- 040-002841121
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002841062
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100023625514.0x00003c
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- EAP323/1/8
- Title:
- Documents from Judiciary of Breves - Municipal Court of the District of Breves - Box 32
- Scope & Content:
- Judiciary documents contained in Box 32. Document 1: Cezario, slave, claimed that he wanted to work in favor of his emancipation, but his master, Marcelino José Rodrigues Castillo, did not allow him to do so. For that, he asked the judge to assign him a solicitor for the legal proceedings, and a trustee who would keep the amount of 700,000 réis that he had saved to buy his freedom. Thomas Proteslato da Silva, judge. Eleutério Raimundo Guedes Franco, solicitor. Ludgéro de Almeida Salasar, scrivener and trustee. Document 2: Captain Bento Dias Pereira, on behalf of Isabel, the mother of Clarindo, a child slave of the heirs of Manoel Dias da Silva and his wife, offered to deposit 200,000 réis to start a peculium for the future purchase of Clarindo’s freedom. Thomas Proteslato da Silva, judge. Estevão do Nascimento Alves, scrivener (incomplete proceedings). Document 3: Idalina, slave of Belchior Sanches de Brito and his wife, Barbara Pedroso de Brito, residents on the banks of the “igarapé” Jacaré (creek), Breves county, requested legal act of emancipation alleging her masters had not enrolled her in the Emancipation Fund, as required by law. Idalina was the daughter of Carolina Maria de Sant’Anna who, despite the fact that she was living in Belém, closely followed all legal acts. Thomas Proteslato da Silva, judge. Ludgéro de Almeida Salasar, scrivener and solicitor. Extent of original material: Box (cardboard)24,5cm X 15cm X 36cm03 documents70 pages.
- Collection Area:
- Endangered Archives Programme
- Project / Collection:
- Endangered African diaspora collections of the state of Pará in the Amazon region of Brazil
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002841062
040-002841121 - Is part of:
- EAP323/1 : Judiciary documents on Slavery 1828-1874
EAP323/1/8 : Documents from Judiciary of Breves - Municipal Court of the District of Breves - Box 32 - Contains:
- EAP323/1/8/1 : Document 1
EAP323/1/8/2 : Document 2
EAP323/1/8/3 : Document 3
Click here to View / search full list of parts of EAP323/1/8 - Hierarchy:
- 032-002841062[0008]/040-002841121
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: EAP323/1
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 070 Images in TIFF format
- Digitised Content:
- https://eap.bl.uk/archive-file/EAP323-1-8⧉ (opens in a new tab)
- Thumbnail:
- Languages:
- Portuguese
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1800
- End Date:
- 1899
- Date Range:
- 19th century
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
- Restrictions to access apply please consult British Library staff
- User Conditions:
- Access is for research purposes only
This item is part of the Endangered Archives Programme.
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- Former External References:
- JM 32
- Information About Originals:
- Arquivo Público do Estado do Pará. Civil Courts and Registries of Belém and 35 other counties.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Subjects:
- Slavery
- Places:
- Bhutan, Asia
Brazil, South America
