Series: Liverpool Studies in International Slavery

Dibia’s World: Life on an Early Sugar Plantation tells the story of Dibia, who was educated in Africa, stolen across the sea, and sold into slavery. He spent the rest of his life on a sugar plantation, working with Agoüya, drinking Aboré’s rum, marrying Izabelle, and having a son named Paul. This book paints a vivid picture of the community...

#Slaveryarchive Book Prize 2024 finalist Emancipatory Narratives & Enslaved Motherhood examines three major currents in the historiography of Brazilian slavery: manumission, miscegenation, and creolisation. It revisits themes central to the history of slavery and race relations in Brazil, updates the research about them, and revises interpretations of the role of gender and reproduction within them. The book first explores the...