Crossroads of Freedom: Slaves and Freed People in Bahia, Brazil, 1870-1910

Cover
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Contents
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A Note on Currency and Orthography
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Introduction to the English-Language Edition
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Foreword to the Brazilian Edition
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Acknowledgments
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Introduction
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One. Slaves and Masters on Sugar Plantations in the Last Decades of Slavery
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Two. Tension and Conflict on a Recôncavo Sugar Plantation
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Three. Crossroads of Slavery and Freedom, 1880–1888
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Four. May 13, 1888, and Its Immediate Aftermath
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Five. Heads Spinning with Freedom
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Six. After Abolition: Tension and Conflict on Recôncavo Sugar Plantations
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Seven. Trajectories of Slaves and Freed People on Recôncavo Sugar Plantations
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Eight. Community and Family Life among Freed People
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Nine. Other Post-emancipation Itineraries
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Epilogue. In the Centuries to Come: Projections of Slavery and Freedom
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Notes
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Glossary
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Bibliography
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