Slavery and socio-environmental degradation in the Recôncavo baiano in the colonial period
The aim of this article is to analyse how slave slavery was at the service of environmental devastation in the Recôncavo Baiano during the colonial period. This is a little known pair, although widely commented by many, but in a separate way. This text aims to fill a bibliographical gap by working o...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2023 |
| País: | Brasil |
| Institución: | Universidade de Santa Cruz do Sul (UNISC) |
| Repositorio: | Ágora (Santa Cruz do Sul. Online) |
| Idioma: | portugués |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:ojs.online.unisc.br:article/18595 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://seer.unisc.br/index.php/agora/article/view/18595 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Esclavitud devastación medioambiental Recôncavo Baiano Slavery environmental devastation Escravidão devastação ambiental |
| Sumario: | The aim of this article is to analyse how slave slavery was at the service of environmental devastation in the Recôncavo Baiano during the colonial period. This is a little known pair, although widely commented by many, but in a separate way. This text aims to fill a bibliographical gap by working on two concepts dear to Brazilian society: the problem of slavery and that of environmental devastation in the Recôncavo Baiano region. For this reason the present text is divided into two parts: in the first, the slave trade and its initial purpose will be examined; in the second, it will be scrutinized how the environmental devastation was carried out by the blacks, at the behest of their masters, in order to supply the export market for wood, above all, leaving indelible consequences for the region to this day. It is hoped that the text may contribute to the advancement of interdisciplinary studies on environmental history in Brazil. |
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