CAETANA SAYS NO – GRAHAM

BACKGROUND
SOURCES – RECONSTRUCTED FROM ORIGINAL DOCUMENTS
LEGAL CODES – CIVIL AND ECCLESIASTICAL
STATISTICAL PROFILE OF SAN PAULO PROVINCE
HOUSEHOLD CENSUS LISTS
CORRESPONDENCE BETWEEN LOCAL GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS

COURT RECORDS
ECCLESIASTICAL COURT
LEGAL PROCESS – processo
CASE – ANNULMENT PETITION
JURISDICTION – WHO HAD IT

RIO CLARO FAZENDA – PARAIBA RIVER VALLEY – SOUTHEASTERN BRAZIL

1830S
COFFEE FAZENDA - PARAIBUNA
10% OF ALL COFFEE SOLD IN 1830
RECONSTRUCTION – “WORKINGS OF SOCIETY AND CULTURE”, ECONOMY
LABOR – FIELD WORK – MOSTLY SLAVE LABOR
COFFEE AS WELL AS OTHER CROPS – CORN, BEANS, AND RICE
LIVESTOCK
DUTIES – FIELD WORK

SLAVE MARRIAGES – COMMON

25 TO 33% OF ADULT SLAVES MARRIED
FEWER WOMEN FLED THE FAZENDAS
WOMEN AND ENTIRE FAMILIES WERE IN quilombos –

CHURCH RULED AGAINST SALES THAT IMPEDED SLAVE MARRIAGES

RIO CLARO MARRIED SLAVES WERE A SIGNIFICANT MAJORITY
CAETANA LIVED AMONG HER OWN BLOOD KIN; MOTHER, SISTER, AND
UNCLE
HER SISTER’S HUSBAND, FREE MULATTO RIBEIRO DA SILVA; HER UNCLE’S
WIFE, FORMER SLAVE LUISA JACINTA
FAMILY TIES IMPORTANT – CONSIDERED A SOCIAL ASSET – WHY

SLAVE WOMEN ABLE TO CHOOSE FROM A LARGER NUMBER OF AVAILABLE

MEN

MARRIED SLAVES – QUALIFICATION FOR ACCESS TO LAND, AND RAISED

THEIR OWN CROPS
MEANT ADDITIONAL CASH TO BE USED LATER TO PURCHASE THEIR
FREEDOM OR A BETTER DIET