This paper evaluates the importance of the slave family in the Brazilian society of the Nineteenth century, especially the endogenous reproduction provided by this kind of arrangement, with regard to the Espírito Santo Province (located in Brazil's east coast) during the period. Two time sections, 1790-1821 and 1850- 1872, were considered in evaluating the sources and in comparing the slave families' data. Besides that, both the gender and the age composition of the slave population were identified, focusing, initially, in the region covered by the Province's capital, Victoria, during the first quarter of the century. In the second quarter, the analysis includes the southern Itapemirim county due to the importance attained by its coffee growing activity in the Province's overall economy. From the database collected, the paper discusses the so-called crioulização of captives, as well as their demographic growth, as elements of survival of the slavery system in Espírito Santo at that time.
slavery; slave family; demography; Brazil; Nineteenth century