O The Recruitment of Freed slaves for the War of the Triple Alliance

recent considerations about a complex subject

  • Vitor Izecksohn Professor do Instituto de História e do Programa de Pós-Graduação em História Social da UFRJ. Pesquisa questões ligadas às temáticas das guerras, dos federalismos e dos processos de formação dos Estados nacionais nas Américas. Seu último livro “Slavery and War in the Americas” foi publicado pela University of Virginia Press em 2014.
Keywords: Slavery, Manumission, Military Service, Imperial Army, Military Recruitment, War of the Triple Alliance

Abstract

This paper addresses the issue of military recruitment of freed slaves by the Brazilian armed forces during the War of the Triple Alliance. Emphasis will be given to the Army’s situation and the meaning of such mobilization in the historical context of black military service in the Potuguese-Brazilian tradition.

Published
2020-06-15