The concession of freedom in Brazil slave society

senses of freedom in manumission letters

Authors

  • Lucas Resende
  • Adilson Ventura da Silva

Keywords:

Semantics of Event, Manumission letters, Legal discourse, Slavery

Abstract

This paper makes a study on the legal granting of freedom in Brazil slavery of the nineteenth century. So much so, in light of the Semantics of the Event, postulated by Guimarães, we analyze the legal instruments granting of freedom, especially the letters of manumission, as linguistically materializes granting freedom to the enslaved beings. From the analysis, we find the chances of this relativization granted freedom, as this freedom had proved discrepant in relation to the freedom inherent in you. And yet, we find the balance character attributed to freedmen, since the same in many ways, proved to be linked to equity conditions inherent to the slaves.

Author Biographies

Lucas Resende

Mestre em Linguística pela Universidade Estadual do Sudoeste da Bahia. Participante do Lapelic – Laboratório de Pesquisa em Linguística de Corpus – da UESB. E-mail: lucasresende@live.com

Adilson Ventura da Silva

Doutor em Linguística pela Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP), professor adjunto do Departamento de Estudos Linguísticos e Literários (DELL) e do Programa de Pós-graduação em Linguística (PPGLIN) da Universidade Estadual do Sudoeste da Bahia (UESB). E-mail: adilson.ventura@gmail.com.

Published

2022-04-16

How to Cite

Resende, L., & Silva, A. V. da. (2022). The concession of freedom in Brazil slave society: senses of freedom in manumission letters. Identidade!, 21(1), 4–17. Retrieved from http://revistas.est.edu.br/index.php/Identidade/article/view/1478