Revista de Historia Regional
Volume 20, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 98-129

Ruthless winters: A note on slave and native morbidity approached through seasonal movements and mortality crises (Curitiba, 1732-1801) [Invernos cruentos: nota sobre a morbidade entre escravos e administrados a partir de movimentos sazonais e crises de mortalidade (Curitiba, 1732-1801)] (Review)

Lima C.A.M.*
  • a Departamento de História da UFPR, Brazil

Abstract

Regarding with particular interest the period 1732-1777, in this article the deaths of slaves and native people subjected to forced labor at Curitiba are examined with emphasis on seasonality and mortality crises. Seasonality and crises (in this case taking seasons and not years into account) are regarded as tools designed to allow the proposition of hypotheses regarding causes of death. Despite the high degree of uncertainty, a comparative perspective makes it possible to discuss aspects of morbidity patterns and the problem of transition from Indian to slave labor.

Author Keywords

Curitiba during the eighteenth century History of disease Indian slavery Slavery

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https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84943266740&doi=10.5212%2fRev.Hist.Reg.v.20i1.0005&partnerID=40&md5=56c3a46a432990cf7cf5c6616b76d86d
DOI: 10.5212/Rev.Hist.Reg.v.20i1.0005
ISSN: 14140055
Original Language: Portuguese