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" The story of Rufino : "
João José Reis, Flávio dos Santos Gomes and Marcus J. M. de Carvalho ; translated by H. Sabrina Gledhill.
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BL
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1048404
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bc238
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English
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| Uniform Title
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Alufá Rufino.English
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| Main Entry
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Reis, João José
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The story of Rufino : : slavery, freedom, and Islam in the black Atlantic /\ João José Reis, Flávio dos Santos Gomes and Marcus J. M. de Carvalho ; translated by H. Sabrina Gledhill.
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| Publication Statement
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New York, NY :: Oxford University Press,, [2020]
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, ©2020
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1 online resource (ix, 307 pages) :: illustrations, maps
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9780190224370
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: 0190224371
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: 9780190093549
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: 0190093544
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0190224363
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9780190224363
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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| Abstract
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A finalist for the Brazilian Book award and winner of the Casa de las America Prize for Brazilian Literature, The Story of Rufino: Slavery, Freedom, and Islam in the Black Atlantic was written by three experts in the history of slavery in Brazil and reconstructs the lively biography of Rufino Jose Maria, set against the historical context of Brazil and Africa in the nineteenth century. This book narrates the life of a Yoruba Muslim named Rufino Jose Maria, born in the kingdom of Oyo, in present-day Nigeria. Enslaved as an adolescent by a rival ethnic group, he was acquired by Brazilian slave traffickers and taken across the Atlantic. He spent eight years as a slave in the city of Salvador, in the northeast of Brazil, where he arrived in 1823. Rufino was later sold to the southernmost province of Rio Grande do Sul, where he became the slave of the local chief of police. Five years later, in 1835, he bought his freedom with money he saved as a hired-out slave in the streets of Salvador, in Bahia, and Porto Alegre, in Rio Grande do Sul. He may also have earned part of the money from making Islamic amulets, as he was a literate Muslim.
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Rufino José Maria,1805?-
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Rufino José Maria,1805?-
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Slaves-- Brazil-- 19th century, Biography.
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Freedmen-- Brazil, Biography.
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Slavery-- Brazil-- History-- 19th century.
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Slave trade-- Africa-- History-- 19th century.
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Slave trade-- Brazil-- History-- 19th century.
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Muslims, Black-- Brazil-- 19th century, Biography.
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Freedmen.
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Muslims, Black.
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Slave trade.
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Slavery.
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Slaves.
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Africa.
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Brazil.
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| Dewey Classification
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306.3/62092
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HT1126.R4313 2020
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HT731
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Gomes, Flávio dos Santos
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Carvalho, Marcus J. M. de
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Gledhill, Sabrina
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