Paternalism, Transgression and Slave Resistance in Brazil /
Pedrosa Costa, Robson
Paternalism, Transgression and Slave Resistance in Brazil / Robson Pedrosa Costa. - 1 online resource (XII, 208 p.)
Frontmatter -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- List of Tables -- Abbreviations -- Location of the Benedictine Estates of Pernambuco -- Introduction -- 1 Between the “Escape from the World” and the World of Slavery -- 2 Humility, Obedience and Slavery -- 3 Slave-owning slaves -- 4 The Abolitionist Monks -- Sources and Bibliography -- Glossary -- Index
restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec
Tramps, lazy, cheaters. Expressions like these were widely used by several masters in view of the multiple forms of transgressions committed by slaves. This type of (dis) qualification gained an even stronger contour in properties controlled by religious orders, which tried to impose moralizing measures on the enslaved population. In this book, the reader will come across a peculiar form of management, highly centralized and commanded by one of the most important religious corporations in Brazil: the Order of Saint Benedict. The Institutional Paternalism built by this institution throughout the 18th and 19th centuries was able to stimulate, among the enslaved, the yearning for freedom and autonomy, 'prizes' granted only to those who fit the Benedictines' moral expectation, based on obedience, discipline and punishment. The "incorrigible" should be sold while the "meek" would be rewarded. The monks then became large slaveholders, recognized nationally as great managers. However behind this success, they had to learn to deal with the stubborn resistance of those who refused to peacefully surrender their bodies and minds, resulting in negotiations and concessions that caused disturbances, moments of instability and internal disputes.
Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
In English.
9783110750928 9783110751093 9783110751079
10.1515/9783110751079 doi
2022944065
Arbeitergeschichte.
Benediktinerorden.
Paternalismus.
Sklaverei.
HISTORY / Latin America / South America.
History of slavery. Order of Saint Benedict. labor history. paternalism.
306.362098109033
Paternalism, Transgression and Slave Resistance in Brazil / Robson Pedrosa Costa. - 1 online resource (XII, 208 p.)
Frontmatter -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- List of Tables -- Abbreviations -- Location of the Benedictine Estates of Pernambuco -- Introduction -- 1 Between the “Escape from the World” and the World of Slavery -- 2 Humility, Obedience and Slavery -- 3 Slave-owning slaves -- 4 The Abolitionist Monks -- Sources and Bibliography -- Glossary -- Index
restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec
Tramps, lazy, cheaters. Expressions like these were widely used by several masters in view of the multiple forms of transgressions committed by slaves. This type of (dis) qualification gained an even stronger contour in properties controlled by religious orders, which tried to impose moralizing measures on the enslaved population. In this book, the reader will come across a peculiar form of management, highly centralized and commanded by one of the most important religious corporations in Brazil: the Order of Saint Benedict. The Institutional Paternalism built by this institution throughout the 18th and 19th centuries was able to stimulate, among the enslaved, the yearning for freedom and autonomy, 'prizes' granted only to those who fit the Benedictines' moral expectation, based on obedience, discipline and punishment. The "incorrigible" should be sold while the "meek" would be rewarded. The monks then became large slaveholders, recognized nationally as great managers. However behind this success, they had to learn to deal with the stubborn resistance of those who refused to peacefully surrender their bodies and minds, resulting in negotiations and concessions that caused disturbances, moments of instability and internal disputes.
Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
In English.
9783110750928 9783110751093 9783110751079
10.1515/9783110751079 doi
2022944065
Arbeitergeschichte.
Benediktinerorden.
Paternalismus.
Sklaverei.
HISTORY / Latin America / South America.
History of slavery. Order of Saint Benedict. labor history. paternalism.
306.362098109033