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Francisco Vidal Luna and Herbert S. Klein

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Slavery and the Economy of São Paulo, 1750-1850

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Chapters in this book

Frontmatter i
CONTENTS vii
TABLES AND ILLUSTRATIONS ix
Introduction 1
Chapter 1 São Paulo to 1800 11
Chapter 2 The Rise of Commercial Sugar Production 28
Chapter 3 The Growth of Coffee in the Nineteenth Century 53
Chapter 4 Subsistence and the Local Economy 79
Chapter 5 The Slave Owners 107
Chapter 6 The Slave Population 133
Chapter 7 The Free Colored in São Paulo 158
Chapter 8 The Non-Agricultural Sector: Artisans, Merchants, and the Liberal Professions 180
Conclusion 203
Appendix 209
NOTES 217
BIBLIOGRAPHY 247
INDEX 265

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Chapters in this book

Frontmatter i
CONTENTS vii
TABLES AND ILLUSTRATIONS ix
Introduction 1
Chapter 1 São Paulo to 1800 11
Chapter 2 The Rise of Commercial Sugar Production 28
Chapter 3 The Growth of Coffee in the Nineteenth Century 53
Chapter 4 Subsistence and the Local Economy 79
Chapter 5 The Slave Owners 107
Chapter 6 The Slave Population 133
Chapter 7 The Free Colored in São Paulo 158
Chapter 8 The Non-Agricultural Sector: Artisans, Merchants, and the Liberal Professions 180
Conclusion 203
Appendix 209
NOTES 217
BIBLIOGRAPHY 247
INDEX 265

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