Under the severity of law : Africans in the Bahian legislation / Sob o rigor da lei : africanos e africanas na legislação baiana (1830-1841)

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DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO

2009

RESUMO

This work aims to analyze the provincial laws of Bahia that were intended to limit the alleged threat posed by freed African people. Similarly, we are interested in the debates surrounding the drafting of these laws and their daily effect on this segment of the population. Referring to national laws, particularly the Constitution of the Empire of Brazil and the Criminal Code of 1830, we will explore the legal situation of freed Africans, in addition to foreigners without citizenship rights, who were both left at the mercy of local restrictive measures. Therefore, we decided to examine the laws made in two stages: laws made before and laws made after the Malês Revolt of 1835. In terms of security measures that affected the African population, we will analyze the law that ended trafficking on November 7, 1831 in this debate, which contradicted the interests of lords and traffickers of African slaves. This type of trade was not stopped on behalf of peace in the province, but as we shall see, under the argument of the urgency of security, the laws became tougher with the intention to restrict the maximum autonomy of freed Africans, or even remove them completely from the Empire, which was very common through deportations. This work also addresses how these Africans used the legal tools available to them, where possible, to reassess the concept of justice and reverse these laws in their favor

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africans africanos - diaspora - historia africanos - bahia africans africans africanos - legislação - brasil

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