O roubo de escravos no Rio de Janeiro e o tráfico interno paralelo: 1808-1850

Authors

  • Luiz Carlos Soares UFF; ICHF; Departamento de História

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.2316-9141.v0i120p121-133

Keywords:

slave trade, robbery of slaves, bush captain, free negroes, illicit trade

Abstract

Based on police records of the first half of the 19th century, the article studies frequent robbery of slaves in Rio and neighbouring provinces. Points to the coexistence of a more formalized illegal traffic and of a smaller hidden trade in stolen slaves, often controlled by gipsies and their intermediaries. Sometimes led by an individual, sometimes capitães de mato, (bush captain), usually by organized gangs, this illegal trade disappeared after 1850. An interesting aspect is the frequent involvement of free negroes and their relatives.

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Published

1989-07-30

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How to Cite

SOARES, Luiz Carlos. O roubo de escravos no Rio de Janeiro e o tráfico interno paralelo: 1808-1850 . Revista de História, São Paulo, n. 120, p. 121–133, 1989. DOI: 10.11606/issn.2316-9141.v0i120p121-133. Disponível em: https://periodicos.usp.br/revhistoria/article/view/18597.. Acesso em: 10 mar. 2025.