Abstract
In this article, we analyze the slaveholding patterns in the leading economic agricultural regions of Maranhão and Grão-Pará, between 1785 and 1850. Through a serial analysis of probate inventories, we examine slaveholding concentration levels and patterns as well as the characteristics of the enslaved population in Maranhão and Pará according to their origin - Africa or Brazil -, gender and age.
Keywords
Slaveholding patterns; economics and demography of slavery; Grão-Pará and Maranhão
Fonte: Biblioteca Nacional do Rio de Janeiro (BN/RJ, ARC.028,11,017). Carta corográfica das províncias do Maranhão e Piauí e parte das do Pará, Goiás, Bahia, Pernambuco e Ceará. [S. I.]: Rio de Janeiro, 1855.
Fonte: Inventáriospost-mortem do Arquivo do Tribunal de Justiça do Estado do Maranhão (ATJ-MA), do Centro de Memória da Amazônia (CMA/UFPA) e do Arquivo Público do Estado do Pará (Apep).