Divining Slavery and Freedom

The Story of Domingos Sodré, an African Priest in Nineteenth-Century Brazil

Datos Bibliográficos

ID9401366
AutoresJoāo Joseé Reis (0000-0002-3268-7877, Universidade Federal da Bahia, autor de correspondencia), João José Reis
TraductoresH Sabrina Gledhill
Año2015
Fecha de publicación2015-04-20
Open AccessSí
TipoBOOK
RevistaDivining Slavery and Freedom (SOURCE_BOOK)
EditorialCambridge University Press (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1017/cbo9781139942133
OpenAlexW2484630291
Open LibraryOL31061978M
ISBN9781139942133
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas16
Referencias citadas87

Since its original publication in Portuguese in 2008, this first English translation of Divining Slavery has been extensively revised and updated, complete with new primary sources and a new bibliography. It tells the story of Domingos Sodré, an African-born priest who was enslaved in Bahia, Brazil in the nineteenth century. After obtaining his freedom, Sodré became a slave owner himself, and in 1862 was arrested on suspicion of receiving stolen goods from slaves in exchange for supposed 'witchcraft'. Using this incident as a catalyst, the book discusses African religion and its place in a slave society, analyzing its double role as a refuge for blacks as well as a bridge between classes and ethnic groups (such as whites who attended African rituals and sought help from African diviners and medicine men). Ultimately, Divining Slavery explores the fluidity and relativity of conditions such as slavery and freedom, African and local religions, personal and collective experience and identities in the lives of Africans in the Brazilian diaspora

Ancient history · Diaspora · Ethnic group · Ethnology · Portuguese · Sociology · Anthropology · Caribbean and African Literature and Culture · Caribbean history, culture, and politics · Colonialism, slavery, and trade · Gender Studies · History · History of Colonial Brazil · Medicine · Philosophy · 19th century · Bahia (Brazil : State) · Bahia (State) · biography · Blacks · Brazil · Candomble (cult) · Candomblé (Religion) · Domingos Sodré (-1887) · Freedmen · Slavery · Slaves · Social conditions