Mobilidade social de libertos em Salvador: as trajetórias de Victorino, Emiliano e Manoel Grave no século XIX

Abstract

This study follows the Grave to reconstruct the trajectory of generations of slavery survivors who, throughout the 19th century, achieved social mobility and became slave masters in Bahia. It also presents a discussion, based on other individuals who left traces in the archives, about how they achieved their freedom, sometimes through appeals to justice. The crossing of sources with diverse information and the use of a qualitative and quantitative approach of inventories, wills, ecclesiastical records, newspaper news, lawsuits, passports and correspondence made it possible to study the identities of freed Africans. Finally, the examination of the trajectory of the freed African Victorino Grave was a guiding principle of the research, which sought to understand how his network of relationships provided better living conditions for his relatives and aggregates, such as the freedmen Emiliano and Manoel Grave. This cooperation was established from hierarchical relationships of paternalism, which ensured a connection with the world of whites, but without ceasing to share daily life with subaltern individuals and promote free movement for the black community.