(SLAVERY ABOLITION BRAZIL) Manuscript clothing register of

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(SLAVERY & ABOLITION--BRAZIL.) Manuscript clothing register of enslaved laborers at the Avelar plantations. [104] manuscript pages plus blanks. Folio (12 1/2 x 8 1/4 inches), contemporary cloth, water damage and somewhat musty; coming disbound with some leaves detached, worming to contents. Various places, 1869-1882

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This account book is said to be from coffee mogul Joaquim Ribeiro de Avelar, Visconde e Conde de Ubá (1821-1888), although he is not named here. It covers several properties including the flagship Avelar plantation, the Fazenda do Pao Grande near the village of Avelar north of Rio de Janeiro, as well as properties in Catete, Petrópolis, São Joaquin, and elsewhere. Some of the pages are monthly inventories of camizas (shirts), calças (pants), paletots (jackets), saias (skirts), or vestidas (dresses) issued to dozens of named enslaved people. Other pages are simple dated lists of names.