{"id":119,"date":"2010-07-13T14:17:32","date_gmt":"2010-07-13T18:17:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mappingbahia.org\/project\/?page_id=119"},"modified":"2010-08-06T12:19:04","modified_gmt":"2010-08-06T16:19:04","slug":"glossary","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.mappingbahia.org\/project\/sources\/glossary\/","title":{"rendered":"Glossary"},"content":{"rendered":"

Glossary<\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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Africano<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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\u201cAfrican\u201d \u2013 used to distinguish African from Brazilian birth.\u00a0 Some records instead list individuals\u2019 ethnic origins, but the Santiago do Iguape census taker did not record this information. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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agregado<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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free dependent living within a household or on lands owned by their patron<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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branco(a)<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

individual whose family reputation or appearance suggests European descent.\u00a0 Like all 19th-century Brazilian color terms, this is more a signifier of social status than an indication of parentage.
\n<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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caboclo(a)<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

individual whose family reputation or appearance suggests Portuguese and Brazilian Indian descent.\u00a0 Like all 19th-century Brazilian terms for color, this is more a signifier of the census takers’ perception of individual social status than an indication of parentage.
\n<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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cabra
\n<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

pejorative term for an individual whose family reputation or appearance suggests Portuguese and African descent; usually implies more African phenotypes than pardo<\/em>.\u00a0 Like all 19th-century Brazilian terms for color, cabra <\/em>is more a reflection of the census taker’s perception of an individual’s status than an indication of parentage.
\n<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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cacha\u00e7a<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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sugar cane brandy<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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carta de alforria<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

letter of liberty freeing a slave<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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coarta\u00e7\u00e3o<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

system of slave self-purchase; contracted manumission for a set price<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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compadres<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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literally, \u201cco-parents\u201d, a term describing the spiritual kinship between a child\u2019s parents and godparents, or between the godmother and godfather of the same child<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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consensual union<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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A couple living together as a family without undergoing Catholic marriage. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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cria<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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affectionate term for dependent raised within the household<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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crioulo(a)<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

Brazilian-born slave
\n<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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Engenho<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

sugar mill; owner known as a Senhor de Engenho<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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fazenda<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

farm, often combining foodstuffs and animals<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\n

fazendeiro<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

farmer, fazenda <\/em>owner<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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fogo<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

Household<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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forro(a)<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

freed slave<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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ing\u00eanuo(a)<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

minor, term applied to children of enslaved mothers born after the promulgation of the Free Womb Law in 1871<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\n

lavrador<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

farmer growing sugar cane to be processed at a local mill.\u00a0 Lavradores<\/em> frequently rented land from mill owners in return for a percentage of the profit once their cane was processed.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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legitimate<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

child born of parents united by Catholic marriage<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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liberto(a)<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

freed slave<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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massap\u00e9<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

rich, dark clay well-suited for sugar production<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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natural<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

child born to an unmarried mother.\u00a0 \u201cNatural\u201d presumes that there would be no ecclesiastical obstacles to the parents marrying. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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pardo(a)<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

individual whose family reputation or appearance suggests Portuguese and African descent.\u00a0 Like all 19th-century Brazilian terms for color, pardo <\/em>is more an indication of perceived social status and some descent from slaves than a clear marker of parentage.
\n<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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preto(a)<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

individual whose family reputation or appearance suggests African descent.\u00a0 Like all 19th-century Brazilian terms for color, preto is more an indication of the census taker’s perception of individual social status than a clear marker of parentage.\u00a0 The implication is of greater proximity to a slave past than pardo<\/em>.
\n<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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rapadura<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

hard blocks of brown sugar<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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Rec\u00f4ncavo<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

Sixty km ring of land surrounding the Bay of All Saints, Salvador, Bahia. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\n

Senhor de Engenho<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

sugar mill owner<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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tarefa<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

agricultural measurement equivalent to 4.356 square meters<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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qualidade<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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literally \u201cQuality\u201d \u2013 a measure of individual social status encompassing color, sex, economic position, and conditions of birth.\u00a0 In the household censuses, qualidade <\/em>is often designated with a color classification: branco<\/em>, preto<\/em>, pardo<\/em>, cabra<\/em>, etc.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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Glossary Africano \u201cAfrican\u201d \u2013 used to distinguish African from Brazilian birth.\u00a0 Some records instead list individuals\u2019 ethnic origins, but the Santiago do Iguape census taker did not record this information. agregado free dependent living within a household or on lands owned by their patron branco(a) individual whose family reputation or appearance suggests European descent.\u00a0 Like […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":9,"menu_order":5,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-119","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mappingbahia.org\/project\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/119","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mappingbahia.org\/project\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mappingbahia.org\/project\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mappingbahia.org\/project\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mappingbahia.org\/project\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=119"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/www.mappingbahia.org\/project\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/119\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":251,"href":"https:\/\/www.mappingbahia.org\/project\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/119\/revisions\/251"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mappingbahia.org\/project\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mappingbahia.org\/project\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=119"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}