Mata, Iacy Maia

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This paper examines some conflicts between freedmen and their former owners

in Bahia in the months following the abolition of slavery on May 13th, 1888.

Some of these conflicts arose from the actions of former slave masters who

refused to release their former slaves from captivity, in defiance of the law.

Other conflicts are related to actions attributed to those who were emancipated

by the Law of May 13th, including the looting and burning of plantations. The

tensions that emerged around freedmen and the question of emancipation are

interpreted as the expression of different expectations generated by the

unconditional and sudden abolition of slavery. They are also understood as

part of the disputes over the meaning of freedom in post-abolition Bahi

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'Libertos de treze de maio' e ex-senhores na Bahia: conflitos no pós-abolição

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