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EAP323/1/18
- Record Id:
- 040-002841157
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002841062
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100023625514.0x000060
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- EAP323/1/18
- Title:
- Documents from Judiciary Courts of Belém - Orphans Court of the Capital - Box 09 1872-1880
- Scope & Content:
- 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, overseer. Raymundo R. Leal Castello Branco, solicitor. Joaquim Martins da Silva, scrivener.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 manumission. Joaquim Martins da Silva, scrivener.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 was not accepted by his master. However the general solicitor alleged that Lameira had failed on enrolling Nascimento in the emancipation fund and, for that, the slave was by law entitled to receive his freedom for free. Joaquim Martins da Silva, scrivener.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, Christina, 9 yrs old (550,000 réis). Joaquim Martins da Silva, scrivener.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 exchange, she would have to work for him during the next six years. Joaquim Martins da Silva, scrivener.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 appear on the lists of the emancipation fund of Belém despite the fact that the names of his whole family did. Joaquim Martins da Silva, scrivener.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 three sons that she also wanted to be freed by the emancipation fund: Antonio, Black, 7 years old; Raimundo, Mulatto, 5 yrs old (sent to Soure); and Manoel, Black, 4 yrs old. Joaquim Martins da Silva, scrivener.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.Document 15 (1877) Legal proceedings related to the classification of slaves to be freed by the emancipation fund in the county of Mojú. Joaquim Martins da Silva, scrivener.Document 16: (1879) Legal proceedings for the freedom of Simplício, Mulatto slave, 9 years old, as means of indemnification for being rented to a third party by his owners, Olimpia Maria da Silva Azevedo and Antonio Joaquim d’Azevedo. Joaquim Martins da Silva, scrivener.Document 17: (1880) Legal proceedings related to the classification of slaves to be freed by the emancipation fund in the county of São José do Acará. Joaquim Martins da Silva, scrivener.Document 18: (1878) 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.Document 19: (1877) Legal proceedings related to the classification of slaves to be freed by the emancipation fund in the county of Mojú. Joaquim Martins da Silva, scrivener. Extent of original material: Box (cardboard)24,5cm X 15cm X 36cm19 documents1,023 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
040-002841157 - Is part of:
- EAP323/1 : Judiciary documents on Slavery 1828-1874
EAP323/1/18 : Documents from Judiciary Courts of Belém - Orphans Court of the Capital - Box 09 1872-1880 - Contains:
- EAP323/1/18/1 : Document 1
EAP323/1/18/2 : Document 2
EAP323/1/18/3 : Document 3
EAP323/1/18/4 : Document 4
EAP323/1/18/5 : Document 5
EAP323/1/18/6 : Document 6
EAP323/1/18/7 : Document 7
EAP323/1/18/8 : Document 8
EAP323/1/18/9 : Document 9
EAP323/1/18/10 : Document 10
EAP323/1/18/11 : Document 11
EAP323/1/18/12 : Document 12
EAP323/1/18/13 : Document 13
EAP323/1/18/14 : Document 14
EAP323/1/18/15 : Document 15
EAP323/1/18/16 : Document 16
EAP323/1/18/17 : Document 17
EAP323/1/18/18 : Document 18
EAP323/1/18/19 : Document 19
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- 032-002841062[0018]/040-002841157
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: EAP323/1
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1,023 Images in TIFF format
- Digitised Content:
- https://eap.bl.uk/archive-file/EAP323-1-18
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- Languages:
- Portuguese
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1872
- End Date:
- 1880
- Date Range:
- 1872-1880
- Era:
- CE
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- User Conditions:
- Access is for research purposes only
- Former External References:
- JO 09
- 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)