Ser mãe: a escrava em face do aborto e do infanticídio

Authors

  • Maria Lucia de Barros Mott Universidade de São Paulo; Faculdade de Filosofia, Letras e Ciências Humanas; Departamento de História

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.2316-9141.v0i120p85-96

Keywords:

children slaves, child labor, abortion, infanticide

Abstract

The author studies children slavery, through a critical survey of contemporary historiography and documents their presence in 19th century Brazil. Starting from numbers, estimates that they represented 1 to 20 % of the total slave population. The author reconstitutes their lives and their work activities from 7 to 12 years old. Refers to physical deformation caused by specific activities, the habit of sending them to schools to be trained for certain jobs, the exploitation of their mothers as breastfeeders. Revises the notion of their economic value. Finally, discusses abortion practices as strategies of resistance.

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Published

1989-07-30

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How to Cite

MOTT, Maria Lucia de Barros. Ser mãe: a escrava em face do aborto e do infanticídio . Revista de História, São Paulo, n. 120, p. 85–96, 1989. DOI: 10.11606/issn.2316-9141.v0i120p85-96. Disponível em: https://www.revistas.usp.br/revhistoria/article/view/18594.. Acesso em: 20 may. 2024.