Escravidão, família e compadrio cativo numa Freguesia Sul mineira : São Tomé das Letras – MG (1840-1870)

Abstract

The present research seeks to assess the relationships between family, cronyism and slavery in the Parish of São Tomé das Letras decades between 1840 to 1870. To get the expected results of the study addressed characteristics that locality, in order to try to demonstrate some peculiarities about the population as a whole. Through various analyzes, we realized that beyond the means slaves and economic activities, family relationships between free and slave also informed us that the slave society constitutes a remote rural parish of large shopping plazas and focused on the domestic supply site. This structure is organized into the following relationships: the high numbers of formal marriage among the captives, the behavior of exogamous unions between men and women Creole African compadres in the preferences of different social conditions in informal relationships between godfathers and godmothers free slaves (vice versa), the interests of masters and slaves around the cronyism and family ties between these different segments