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- Title
Jesus versus Jesus: Inheritance Disputes, Patronage Networks, and a Nineteenth-Century African Bahian Family.
- Authors
Caulfield, Sueann
- Abstract
The case of Hermelinda Permınia de Jesus versus Roberto da Trindade de Jesus was apparently the last in a series of disputes over judicial legitimization to reach Brazil's Supreme Court in the late nineteenth century. Analysis of the litigation between the two claimants to the Jesus estate--one an illegitimate child, the other a former slave--reveals complex social and legal dynamics that surrounded debates over illegitimacy and family rights throughout the nineteenth century. Digging deeper into the life story of the Africandescended grandfather whose death sparked the litigation, this article contributes to the historiography on household formation and property accumulation among a small black elite in Brazil's slave society. By following the fortunes of some of his legatees, I illustrate how difficult it was for African-descended Brazilians to transfer wealth to the next generation.
- Subjects
BRAZIL; LEGITIMATION of children; BRAZIL. Supremo Tribunal de Justica; CHILDREN of unmarried parents; FREEDMEN; ILLEGITIMACY; PATERNITY; PARENT-child legal relationship; INHERITANCE &; succession
- Publication
Hispanic American Historical Review, 2019, Vol 99, Issue 2, p209
- ISSN
0018-2168
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1215/00182168-7370214