Imagens sobre a mulher escrava no cotidiano do Rio de Janeiro (1808 – 1822)

Abstract

This paper analyses aspects of the routine life of urban female slaves, based on two distinct sources: Rio de Janeiro prison’s registers and iconography of the city from the beginning of the XIX century. The sources disclosed that although female slaves would perform activities other than domestic and out of home, they would call much less attention from police than male slaves. That happened because their activities in the urban area could be more controlled by their masters, than the work performed by male slaves.