Mariza De Carvalho Soares: 1 book
People of Faith
Slavery and African Catholics in Eighteenth-Century Rio de Janeiro
Language: English
Release Date: October 10, 2011
In People of Faith, Mariza de Carvalho Soares reconstructs the everyday lives of Mina slaves transported in the eighteenth century to Rio de Janeiro from the western coast of Africa, particularly from modern-day Benin. She describes a Catholic lay brotherhood formed by the enslaved Mina congregants...
