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Biographies, Slavery, and Freedom

Wills as Autobiographical Documents of Africans in Diaspora

NIELSON ROSA BEZERRA and MOISÉS PEIXOTO
African Economic History, December 2020, 48 (1) 91-108; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/aeh.48.1.91
NIELSON ROSA BEZERRA
Nielson Rosa Bezerra (), Professor, Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro and Director, Museu do São Bento
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Moisés Peixoto (), Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro.
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vol. 48 no. 1 91-108
DOI 
https://doi.org/10.3368/aeh.48.1.91
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African Economic History
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0145-2258
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2163-9108
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  • Published online December 9, 2020.
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  1. NIELSON ROSA BEZERRA and
  2. MOISÉS PEIXOTO
  1. Nielson Rosa Bezerra (bezerranielson{at}hotmail.com), Professor, Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro and Director, Museu do São Bento
  2. Moisés Peixoto (peixoto_moises{at}yahoo.com.br), Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro.
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