O mercado desumano de escravizados em Ilhéus (BA) 1810-1850

Marcelo Loyola

doi:10.25091/S01013300202600030006

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The Inhumane Slave Market in Ilhéus (BA) 1810-1850

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Marcelo Loyola Bahia State University https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1860-0616

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.25091/S01013300202600030006

Keywords:

Ilhéus, cocoa, slavery, slave trade

Abstract

The article analyzes the trade in enslaved people in Ilhéus (BA) between 1810 and 1850, a period of economic growth and the rise of cocoa cultivation in the area. The sources are Notarial Books and post mortem inventories, used to investigate the characteristics of the trade, the traders and the enslaved people negotiated. This activity played several roles in Ilhéus, with a high proportion of women and children among the transactions

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Author Biography

Marcelo Loyola, Bahia State University

Marcelo Loyola é docente da Universidade do Estado da Bahia (Uneb-DCHT), Campus XVIII (Eunápolis), doutor em história (USP) e pesquisador do Centro de Estudos de Demografia Histórica da América Latina (Cedhal-USP) e do Grupo de Estudos e Pesquisas em Historiografia e Ensino de História – Gephens (Uneb).