The Abolition of the Brazilian Slave Trade in 1850

Historiography, Slave Agency and Statesmanship

Datos Bibliográficos

ID3535120
AutoresJ D Needell (0000-0001-9597-0111, University of Florida, autor de correspondencia)
Año2001
Volumen33
Número4
Páginas681-711
Fecha de publicación2001-11-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaJournal of Latin American Studies (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0022-216X • E-ISSN: 1469-767X
EditorialCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/s0022216x01006204
OpenAlexW2090802738
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas14

In 1970 Leslie Bethell argued that the Brazilian slave trade was ended by British pressure. Since then others have pointed to slaveholders' fears of insurrection and of yellow fever. This article addresses the issue by reviewing Brazilian slavery, the African trade and yellow fever. Its analysis of sources and context leads it to question revisionist arguments. Moreover, while it supports Bethell on the centrality of British pressure, it goes beyond his appreciation of internal Brazilian political affairs. It provides greater specificity, clarifying the key importance of political history, the structure of state-society relations and the significance of the Brazilian leadership of the time

Agency (philosophy · Centrality · Context (archaeology · Historiography · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Social science · Sociology · State (computer science · Colonialism, slavery, and trade · History · Law