E depois da “Lei Eusébio”? Reprodução da escravidão e seus limites em um complexo de fazendas do vale do café (Rio de Janeiro, c. 1864-1888)

ABSTRACT In this paper, we will discuss the conditions for slavery reproduction in Rio de Janeiro´s plantations after the end of the Atlantic slave trade. In order to do that, we studied the slavery demography of Commendator Joaquim Breves’ plantations, which were a symbol of slavery expansion on the coffee valley. Through one of the plantations’ registers, we analyze the demographical development in this complex of farms. We demonstrate that, after the 1860s, a broad vegetative growth in those plantations began to develop through a movement that had different meanings to slaves and their owners. Thus, we will analyze the dimensions of slavery reproduction, and its limits, in the two decades preceding the downfall of slavery in Rio de Janeiro’s coffee plantations.

摘要 本文探讨大西洋奴隶贸易终结后，里约热内卢种植园内奴隶制度再生产的相关条件。为此，我们针对勋位持有者若阿金·布雷韦斯（Commendator Joaquim Breves）的种植园展开研究——该种植园曾是咖啡谷地区奴隶制度扩张的标志性代表——并依托其中一处种植园的档案记录，剖析该农场集群的人口发展态势。研究表明，19世纪60年代后，这类种植园开始出现大规模的人口自然增长，这一进程对于奴隶与其奴隶主而言有着截然不同的内涵。据此，本文将剖析里约热内卢咖啡种植园奴隶制覆灭前二十年间，奴隶制度再生产的多重维度及其局限性。