Escapes and re-enslavement in the border region - Bolivia and Brazil in the first decades of Nation States

Authors

  • Ernesto Cerveira de Sena Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15448/1980-864X.2013.1.13450

Keywords:

Borders, Slaves, Nation States

Abstract

With the start of the Nation States in America, settling territorial boundaries became mandatory, as shown by Bolivia and Brazil. Before that, fugitive slaves were the cause of various strategies and actions. Local authorities sought to defend the interests of their owners. Controversially, Bolivia was considered a "free land" despite keeping black slaves in its territory the fact that its people were persuaded by rewards given for those who helped catch fugitive slaved.

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Author Biography

Ernesto Cerveira de Sena, Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso

Fez doutorado na Universidade de Brasília. É professor de História da América na Graduação e também leciona e orienta na Pós-Graduação em História da Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso

Published

2013-12-03

How to Cite

de Sena, E. C. (2013). Escapes and re-enslavement in the border region - Bolivia and Brazil in the first decades of Nation States. Estudos Ibero-Americanos, 39(1), 82–98. https://doi.org/10.15448/1980-864X.2013.1.13450

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