MIGRATION OF SLAVES IN BRAZIL

MIGRATION OF SLAVES IN BRAZIL


This article aims to analyze some aspects
the process of forced migration or transfers
slave population toward the coffee regions, intensified in the second half of the nineteenth century, due to the abolition of slave trade.


The study focused on the region's Zone
State of Minas Gerais, particularly on the
its most important city: Juiz de Fora, principal
coffee producer and largest population hub
slave at the provincial level during the period covered.

The aforementioned slave trade of goods
presented with several faces, not only under
forms of sale, exchange, conditional sale,
pledge, mortgage, gift or lease, but fundamentally
involving an intricate network of owners
and slaves from the most varied
parts of the territory: from the municipality of Juiz de
Fora, Zona da Mata, in other regions of the province
or even beyond.

Source:
(MACHADO, Cláudio H. Tráfico interno de escravos na região de Juiz de Fora, na segunda
metade do século XIX. Disponível em: http://www.unb.br/face/eco/bmueller/trafico_interno.
pdf. Acessado em 24/09/07)