“Slave Mothers”, Partus Sequitur Ventrem, and the Naturalization of Slave Reproduction in Nineteenth-Century Brazil
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| contents | “Slave Mothers”, Partus Sequitur Ventrem, and the Naturalization of Slave Reproduction in Nineteenth-Century Brazil Martha S. Santos Historia Slave mothers slave reproduction partus sequitur ventrem Through an examination of slaveholders’ discourses on the need to find ways to replenish the slave labor force after the 1831 legal suppression of the African trade, this article demonstrates the centrality of female slave reproduction to the most significant debates on slavery and emancipation during the nineteenth century. Through tropes and metaphors that appealed to nature, this slaveholding discourse emphasized reproduction and mothering labor as the “natural” function of enslaved women – a function that would also serve to pacify rebellious male slaves. This work also demonstrates that, within a context of intensified symbolic value of enslaved women’s reproduction, slaveholders and jurists emphasized the validity of the legal device partus sequitur ventrem in order to communicate a notion of the legality of slavery, precisely at the time of increasing delegitimation of the institution, both within and outside Brazil. 2016 artículo científico 1413-7704 https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=167047720002 en http://www.redalyc.org/revista.oa?id=1670 Tempo application/pdf Universidade Federal Fluminense Tempo (Brasil) Num.41 Vol.22 |
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| spellingShingle | “Slave Mothers”, Partus Sequitur Ventrem, and the Naturalization of Slave Reproduction in Nineteenth-Century Brazil Martha S. Santos Historia Slave mothers slave reproduction partus sequitur ventrem “Slave Mothers”, Partus Sequitur Ventrem, and the Naturalization of Slave Reproduction in Nineteenth-Century Brazil Martha S. Santos Historia Slave mothers slave reproduction partus sequitur ventrem Through an examination of slaveholders’ discourses on the need to find ways to replenish the slave labor force after the 1831 legal suppression of the African trade, this article demonstrates the centrality of female slave reproduction to the most significant debates on slavery and emancipation during the nineteenth century. Through tropes and metaphors that appealed to nature, this slaveholding discourse emphasized reproduction and mothering labor as the “natural” function of enslaved women – a function that would also serve to pacify rebellious male slaves. This work also demonstrates that, within a context of intensified symbolic value of enslaved women’s reproduction, slaveholders and jurists emphasized the validity of the legal device partus sequitur ventrem in order to communicate a notion of the legality of slavery, precisely at the time of increasing delegitimation of the institution, both within and outside Brazil. 2016 artículo científico 1413-7704 https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=167047720002 en http://www.redalyc.org/revista.oa?id=1670 Tempo application/pdf Universidade Federal Fluminense Tempo (Brasil) Num.41 Vol.22 |
| title | “Slave Mothers”, Partus Sequitur Ventrem, and the Naturalization of Slave Reproduction in Nineteenth-Century Brazil |
| topic | Historia Slave mothers slave reproduction partus sequitur ventrem |
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