Slavery and Identity
Author | : Mieko Nishida |
Publisher | : Indiana University Press |
Total Pages | : 288 |
Release | : 2003-04-10 |
ISBN-10 | : 0253342090 |
ISBN-13 | : 9780253342096 |
Rating | : 4/5 (096 Downloads) |
Download or read book Slavery and Identity written by Mieko Nishida and published by Indiana University Press. This book was released on 2003-04-10 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Using both primary archival and printed sources, Mieko Nishida examines the perspectives of slaves, ex-slaves, and free-born people of color and the critical factors that affected their lives and self-perceptions. The book offers a new window on slave life in nineteenth-century Salvador, Brazil, and illustrates the difficulty of generalizing about New World slave societies.".