Taxation and slavery: the meia siza tax on the internal slave trade in the province of São Paulo (1809-1850)

Authors

  • Guilherme Vilela Fernandes Universidade Estadual de Campinas; Instituto de Economia

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.1808-8139.v0i2p102-113

Keywords:

economic history, slavery, tax system, slave trade, São Paulo

Abstract

The main goal of this study is to analyze the establishment and evolution of the meia siza tax over the trade on brazilian-born (ladinos) slaves in the Province of São Paulo, in between the years of 1809 and 1850. It focuses governmental efforts towards the creation and inforcement of this tax, the changes made on general and provincial laws on this subject and the political debate around it. Special attention has been confered to the period after 1831, when external (african) slave trade was officialy outlawed.

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Published

2005-11-01

Issue

No. 2 (2005)

Section

Research reports

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