Stories of conflicts in colonial Rio de Janeiro

In this book, Nireu Cavalcanti rediscovers dozens of rich and revealing stories, drawing on period documents that essentially dealt with conflicts that took place in Rio de Janeiro during the Colonial Period. From the documents that chronicle arrests, contentious marriages, family and religious processes, death, and the liberation of slaves, which occurred from the mid-17th century to 1804, Nireu extracts the essence, describing the cases in contemporary language. Through these fascinating stories, told with precision and grace by Nireu's pen, we gain insight into the way of life of the inhabitants of Rio de Janeiro and the state of Rio de Janeiro in colonial Brazil.