SLAVERY IN MADEIRA IN THE XV AND XVII CENTURIES
Alberto Vieira(C)
Today, the slave has lost the iron-chains and the weight of tradition that silenced him.
We, just like him, can also declare ourselves free.
Free from the compromise of listening
in silence...
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SLAVERY IN MADEIRA IN THE XV AND XVII CENTURIES
Alberto Vieira(C)
Today, the slave has lost the iron-chains and the weight of tradition that silenced him.
We, just like him, can also declare ourselves free.
Free from the compromise of listening
in silence to their murmurs, to disclose them afterwards to the interested public.
But, not
only the documentation works as their voice.
The paths we treaded and the landscape w
At last, it is important to mention that the monthly evolution of the slaves marriages in
the parochial registers of Las Palmas and Madeira is different.
This way, while in Las
Palmas there is a strong incidence in Spring and Autumn, in Madeira they take place in
Autumn and Winter.
A fact which might be a sign of the different ways of living in these
archipelagos.
While in Las Palmas it is evident the repercussion of the agricultural year
on the Sacramental Acts of the slaves, in Madeira this only comes up in certain situations.
SLAVES ACTIVITIES
It used to be
Less
