Beyond sharing: Division and maintenance of slave families (Minas Gerais, 19th century)
Abstract
Th is article examines ways of maintaining the slave family in three large properties of the slave village of Santo Antonio do Paraibuna, an important coff eeproducing county located in the so-called Zona da Mata Mineira, in the state of Minas Gerais, during the 19th century. Th e partition of an owner’s property was undoubtedly one of the moments that caused high tensions and expectations for slaves and their families. Th e possibility of disruption of family and kinship relations that was always present reached its apex at the time of the death of their masters. Moreover, to be “part” of a property, be it small, medium or large, could infl uence not only this stability, but also the relationship among the members of the slave family and the pursuit of kinship relations, be they fi ctional or consanguineous. Th e intercrossing of sources (postmortem inventories, partitions) made it possible to track the fate of slaves beyond the partition of property and see whether there was a division or a maintenance of the family relations of some slave families.
Key words: slave family, partition of property, stability, division/maintenance.
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