Prince of the People

The Life and Times of a Brazilian Free Man of Colour

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ID18974642
AuthorsDonald S Castro (0000-0001-7649-2943, California State University, Fullerton, corresponding author)
Year1996
Volume76
Issue3
Pages597-598
Publication date1996-08-01
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueHispanic American Historical Review (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0018-2168 • E-ISSN: 1527-1900
PublisherDuke University Press (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1215/00182168-76.3.597
OpenAlexW2048927006
LanguageEN
Citations received5

In this book, Silva provides a case study the life and ideas the self-styled Dom Oba II d'Africa, Prince the People and street character. Although to his social superiors, Dom Oba II d'Africa was no more than a half-crazed man whom the Brazilian emperor, Dom Pedro II was misguided enough to receive at the palace, to Rio's slaves and people he was revered as Prince the People. Many paid him tithe as if he were a true African sovereign; they went down on their knees at his solemn passage; they met in bars to read aloud the articles which he published both in the popular press and in the quality journals the day. Through this extraordinary figure, Silva finds an opportunity to explore popular ideas about the overthrow slavery. He examines what the slaves and free people of colour thought about liberty, race relations, civic rights and duties

Ancient history · Art · Character (mathematics) · Emperor · Ethnology · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Sovereignty · Colonialism, slavery, and trade · History · Law · Philosophy · Religious studies

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