The Resource Conceiving freedom : women of color, gender, and the abolition of slavery in Havana and Rio de Janeiro, Camillia Cowling
Conceiving freedom : women of color, gender, and the abolition of slavery in Havana and Rio de Janeiro, Camillia Cowling
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- Summary
- "In Conceiving Freedom, Camillia Cowling shows how gender shaped urban routes to freedom for the enslaved during the process of gradual emancipation in Cuba and Brazil, which occurred only after the rest of Latin America had abolished slavery and even after the American Civil War. Focusing on late nineteenth-century Havana and Rio de Janeiro, Cowling argues that enslaved women played a dominant role in carving out freedom for themselves and their children through the courts. Cowling examines how women, typically illiterate but with access to scribes, instigated myriad successful petitions for emancipation, often using "free-womb" laws that declared that the children of enslaved women were legally free. She reveals how enslaved women's struggles connected to abolitionist movements in each city and the broader Atlantic World, mobilizing new notions about enslaved and free womanhood. She shows how women conceived freedom and then taught the "free-womb" generation to understand and shape the meaning of that freedom. Even after emancipation, freed women would continue to use these claims-making tools as they struggled to establish new spaces for themselves and their families in post emancipation society"--
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xiii, 326 pages)
- Contents
-
- Part I. Gender, Law, and Urban Slavery
- Sites of Enslavement, Spaces of Freedom : Slavery and Abolition in the Atlantic Cities of Havana and Rio de Janeiro
- The Law Is Final, Excellent Sir : Slave Law, Gender, and Gradual Emancipation
- Part II. Seeking Freedom
- As a Slave Woman and as a Mother : Law, Jurisprudence, and Rhetoric in Stories from Women's Claims-Making
- Exaggerated and Sentimental? : Engendering Abolitionism in the Atlantic World
- I Wish to Be in This City : Women and the Quest for Urban Freedom
- Part III. Conceiving Freedom
- Enlightened Mothers of Families or Competent Domestic Servants? : Elites Imagine the Meanings of Freedom
- She Was Now a Free Woman : Ex-Slave Women and the Meanings of Urban Freedom
- My Mother Was Free-Womb, She Wasn't a Slave : Conceiving Freedom
- Conclusion
- Epilogue: Conceiving Citizenship
- Isbn
- 9781469611808
- Label
- Conceiving freedom : women of color, gender, and the abolition of slavery in Havana and Rio de Janeiro
- Title
- Conceiving freedom
- Title remainder
- women of color, gender, and the abolition of slavery in Havana and Rio de Janeiro
- Statement of responsibility
- Camillia Cowling
- Subject
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- Antislavery movements -- Brazil | Rio de Janeiro -- History -- 19th century
- Antislavery movements -- Cuba | Havana -- History -- 19th century
- Brazil -- Rio de Janeiro
- Cuba -- Havana
- HISTORY -- Latin America -- General
- Havana (Cuba) -- Race relations | History -- 19th century
- History
- POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy | Cultural Policy
- Race relations
- Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) -- Race relations | History -- 19th century
- 1800-1899
- SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Popular Culture
- SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Slavery
- SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Women's Studies
- Women slaves
- Women slaves -- Brazil | Rio de Janeiro -- History -- 19th century
- Women slaves -- Cuba | Havana -- History -- 19th century
- Women slaves -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- Brazil | Rio de Janeiro -- History -- 19th century
- Women slaves -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- Cuba | Havana -- History -- 19th century
- SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology | Cultural
- Antislavery movements
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "In Conceiving Freedom, Camillia Cowling shows how gender shaped urban routes to freedom for the enslaved during the process of gradual emancipation in Cuba and Brazil, which occurred only after the rest of Latin America had abolished slavery and even after the American Civil War. Focusing on late nineteenth-century Havana and Rio de Janeiro, Cowling argues that enslaved women played a dominant role in carving out freedom for themselves and their children through the courts. Cowling examines how women, typically illiterate but with access to scribes, instigated myriad successful petitions for emancipation, often using "free-womb" laws that declared that the children of enslaved women were legally free. She reveals how enslaved women's struggles connected to abolitionist movements in each city and the broader Atlantic World, mobilizing new notions about enslaved and free womanhood. She shows how women conceived freedom and then taught the "free-womb" generation to understand and shape the meaning of that freedom. Even after emancipation, freed women would continue to use these claims-making tools as they struggled to establish new spaces for themselves and their families in post emancipation society"--
- Assigning source
- Provided by publisher
- Cataloging source
- N$T
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Cowling, Camillia
- Dewey number
- 306.3/62082
- Index
- index present
- Language note
- English
- LC call number
- HT1076
- LC item number
- .C69 2013eb
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
-
- dictionaries
- bibliography
- Series statement
- EBL-Schweitzer
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Women slaves
- Women slaves
- Women slaves
- Women slaves
- Antislavery movements
- Antislavery movements
- Havana (Cuba)
- Rio de Janeiro (Brazil)
- HISTORY
- SOCIAL SCIENCE
- SOCIAL SCIENCE
- POLITICAL SCIENCE
- SOCIAL SCIENCE
- SOCIAL SCIENCE
- Antislavery movements
- Race relations
- Women slaves
- Brazil
- Cuba
- Label
- Conceiving freedom : women of color, gender, and the abolition of slavery in Havana and Rio de Janeiro, Camillia Cowling
- Antecedent source
- unknown
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
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- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- multicolored
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Part I. Gender, Law, and Urban Slavery -- Sites of Enslavement, Spaces of Freedom : Slavery and Abolition in the Atlantic Cities of Havana and Rio de Janeiro -- The Law Is Final, Excellent Sir : Slave Law, Gender, and Gradual Emancipation -- Part II. Seeking Freedom -- As a Slave Woman and as a Mother : Law, Jurisprudence, and Rhetoric in Stories from Women's Claims-Making -- Exaggerated and Sentimental? : Engendering Abolitionism in the Atlantic World -- I Wish to Be in This City : Women and the Quest for Urban Freedom -- Part III. Conceiving Freedom -- Enlightened Mothers of Families or Competent Domestic Servants? : Elites Imagine the Meanings of Freedom -- She Was Now a Free Woman : Ex-Slave Women and the Meanings of Urban Freedom -- My Mother Was Free-Womb, She Wasn't a Slave : Conceiving Freedom -- Conclusion -- Epilogue: Conceiving Citizenship
- Control code
- 861692793
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xiii, 326 pages)
- File format
- unknown
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9781469611808
- Level of compression
- unknown
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
- 22573/ctt4cf7x1
- Quality assurance targets
- not applicable
- Reformatting quality
- unknown
- Sound
- unknown sound
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)861692793
- Label
- Conceiving freedom : women of color, gender, and the abolition of slavery in Havana and Rio de Janeiro, Camillia Cowling
- Antecedent source
- unknown
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- multicolored
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Part I. Gender, Law, and Urban Slavery -- Sites of Enslavement, Spaces of Freedom : Slavery and Abolition in the Atlantic Cities of Havana and Rio de Janeiro -- The Law Is Final, Excellent Sir : Slave Law, Gender, and Gradual Emancipation -- Part II. Seeking Freedom -- As a Slave Woman and as a Mother : Law, Jurisprudence, and Rhetoric in Stories from Women's Claims-Making -- Exaggerated and Sentimental? : Engendering Abolitionism in the Atlantic World -- I Wish to Be in This City : Women and the Quest for Urban Freedom -- Part III. Conceiving Freedom -- Enlightened Mothers of Families or Competent Domestic Servants? : Elites Imagine the Meanings of Freedom -- She Was Now a Free Woman : Ex-Slave Women and the Meanings of Urban Freedom -- My Mother Was Free-Womb, She Wasn't a Slave : Conceiving Freedom -- Conclusion -- Epilogue: Conceiving Citizenship
- Control code
- 861692793
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xiii, 326 pages)
- File format
- unknown
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9781469611808
- Level of compression
- unknown
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
- 22573/ctt4cf7x1
- Quality assurance targets
- not applicable
- Reformatting quality
- unknown
- Sound
- unknown sound
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)861692793
Subject
- Antislavery movements -- Brazil | Rio de Janeiro -- History -- 19th century
- Antislavery movements -- Cuba | Havana -- History -- 19th century
- Brazil -- Rio de Janeiro
- Cuba -- Havana
- HISTORY -- Latin America -- General
- Havana (Cuba) -- Race relations | History -- 19th century
- History
- POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy | Cultural Policy
- Race relations
- Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) -- Race relations | History -- 19th century
- 1800-1899
- SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Popular Culture
- SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Slavery
- SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Women's Studies
- Women slaves
- Women slaves -- Brazil | Rio de Janeiro -- History -- 19th century
- Women slaves -- Cuba | Havana -- History -- 19th century
- Women slaves -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- Brazil | Rio de Janeiro -- History -- 19th century
- Women slaves -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- Cuba | Havana -- History -- 19th century
- SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology | Cultural
- Antislavery movements
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