Format:
1 online resource (325 pages)
ISBN:
9780190224387
Content:
A finalist for the Brazilian Book award and winner of the Casa de las América Prize for Brazilian Literature, The Story of Rufino: Slavery, Freedom, and Islam in the Black Atlantic reconstructs the lively biography of Rufino José Maria, set against the historical context of Brazil and Africa in the nineteenth century, that sheds light on slavery and the slave trade, manumission, the complexities of slavery and freedom in Brazil, African freed persons, and the resilience of ethnic and religious identities.
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Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780190224363
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9780190224363
Language:
English