Worthy of Freedom”
Abolitionist Discourse on Slavery, Freedom, and Imprisonment in Late Nineteenth-Century Brazil
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9080978 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Martine Jean (0000-0002-8779-7846, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2019 |
| Volume | 52 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 677-704 |
| Publication date | 2019-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Social History (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0022-4529 • E-ISSN: 1527-1897 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1093/jsh/shx115 |
| OpenAlex | W2768984558 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 16 |
This article originates from research on the discourse of the abolitionist movement in late nineteenth-century Brazil, which analyzed abolitionism as a formative ground for race-making in the postemancipation period. The study examines abolitionists' views on routine imprisonment as a solution to the problem of vagrancy and a means of policing the poor in nineteenth-century Rio de Janeiro, then the Brazilian capital. I focus on the news coverage of the 1883 prison riot at Rio de Janeiro's Casa de Detenção, a remand prison that held both slaves and free prisoners since its inauguration in 1856. Analyzing the social composition of the inmate population at the Casa de Detenção, the research demonstrates how the prison served as an intensified microcosm of societal dynamics and became a crucial site through which abolitionists made their arguments—even with some unfortunate consequences—about slavery and freedom.
Abolitionism · Criminology · Imprisonment · Political science · Politics · Population · Prison · Prison reform · Sociology · Vagrancy · Colonialism, slavery, and trade · Demography · Development, Ethics, and Society · History of Colonial Brazil · Law
The Brazilian Empire
Discipline and Punish
The discovery of the asylum
Punishment in Paradise
The Birth of the Penitentiary in Latin America
Reclaiming the Political in Latin American History
Negociação e conflito
The Destruction of Brazilian Slavery, 1850-1888
From Slavery to Vagrancy in Brazil
The Abolition of Slavery in Brazil
The Precariousness of Freedom in a Slave Society (Brazil in the Nineteenth Century)
No Bond but the Law
Policing Rio de Janeiro
A escravidão no Brasil ensaio histórico-jurídico-social - Vol 1
Visões da liberdade
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |