A Bahian Counterpoint: Sugar, Tobacco, Cassava, and Slavery in the Recôncavo, 1780-1860 9780804765541

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A BAHIAN COUNTERPOINT

B. J. BARICKMAN

A Bahian Counterpoint SUGAR, TOBACCO, CASSAVA, AND SLAVERY IN THE RECONCAVO,

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STANFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS STAN FORD 1 CALIFORNIA

Stanford UniversityPress Stanford, California © 1998 by the Board of Trustees of the

Leland Stanford Junior University Printed in the United States of America CIP data are at the end of the book The Press gratefully acknowledges the support of the Oliver M. Dickerson Fund of the Department of History of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and the Provost's Author's Support Fund of the University of Arizona in the publication of this book.

For my parents

Acknowledgments

Every book has its own history. In the especially long history of this particular book, I have accumulated an enormous number of debts. Only a lack of space and time, not gratitude, prevents me from mentioning here all those who have, in one way or another, given me much-needed help and encouragement during the past fourteen years. I should perhaps begin by acknowledging the financial support of the Tinker Foundation (through the Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign), the Social Science Research Council, the Fulbright-Hays Program, the Graduate College of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (through the Department of History), the Department of History at the same university, and the Social Science Research Board of the University of Arizona. The funds provided by these institutions allowed me to carry out my research and write the book. No less important was the cheerful assistance I received in the Brazilian archives and libraries where I did most of my research: the Arquivo Publico do Estado da Bahia, the Arquivo Regional da Cachoeira, the Sec;ao de Manuscritos of the Biblioteca Nacional, the Arquivo Nacional, and the Instituto Hist6rico e Geogra.fico Brasileiro. My research also benefited from the competent assistance I received in Salvador from Epifania Firmo de Assis Neta, who never failed to take a keen and informed interest in the project. In Brazil, I came to rely on the generous hospitality of Frank and Sandra Falkenhein, Amilcar and Claudia Martins, Carlos Alberto and Isabel Braga, Marcus Joaquim Maciel de Carvalho, and Jose and Tercina Vergolino. For

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close to two years, the late D. Eglantina da Silva Vieira and Ivane Lucinda dos Santos did more than merely tolerate my presence in their apartment; they befriended me and willingly answered my endless questions about papa-jacas and life in Curralinho. I am also grateful to the families of Sr. Celso Guilherme de Oliveira e Silva and D. Rosinha Barreto Vianna e Silva, of Cesar Barreto Vianna e Silva and Claudia Stockier Portugal Grangier e Silva, and of Sr. Alexandre Grangier, Jr., and D. Marina Stocl