People of faith : slavery and African Catholics in eighteenth-century Rio de Janeiro

People of faith : slavery and African Catholics in eighteenth-century Rio de Janeiro / Mariza de Carvalho Soares ; translated by Jerry D. Metz.

Author/creator	Soares, Mariza de Carvalho
Format	Book and Print
Publication Info	Durham, NC : Duke University Press, 2011.
Description	xiii, 321 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Subject(s)	Slavery--Brazil --Rio de Janeiro --History --18th century. Africans--Brazil --Rio de Janeiro --Ethnic identity. Africans--Religious life --Brazil --Rio de Janeiro. Enslaved persons--Religious life --Brazil --Rio de Janeiro.

Uniform title	Devotos da cor. English
Series	Latin America in translation/en traducción/em tradução Latin America in translation/en traducción/em tradução. ^A322448
Contents	From Ethiopia to Guinea -- Commerce with the Mina coast -- African "nations" and provenience groups -- Urban life and brotherhoods in the city -- Constructing a religious norm -- Conflict and ethnic identity among Mahi.
General note	Originally published as: Devotos da cor : identidade étnica, religiosidade e escravidão no Rio de Janeiro, século XVIII (Rio de Janeiro : Civilização Brasileira, 2000).
General note	Translated from the Portuguese.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Language	Translated from the Portuguese.
LCCN	2011015701
ISBN	9780822350231 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN	0822350238 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN	9780822350408 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN	0822350408 (pbk. : alk. paper)

Library	Location	Call Number	Status	Item Actions
Joyner	General Stacks	HT1129.R53 S6313 2011	✔ Available	Place Hold