Article ID: CBB001420621

Mortalidade escrava durante a epidemia de cólera no Rio de Janeiro (1855--1856): uma análise preliminar (2012)

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Kodama, Kaori (Author)
Pimenta, Tânia Salgado (Author)
Bastos, Francisco Inácio (Author)
Bellido, Jaime Gregorio (Author)


História, Ciências, Saúde---Manguinhos
Volume: 19, suppl. 1
Issue: suppl. 1
Pages: 59-79


Publication Date: 2012
Edition Details: Article in a supplementary issue, “Health and Slavery”
Language: Portuguese

The article offers a preliminary analysis of the sociodemographic profile of deaths recorded during the first cholera epidemic in Rio de Janeiro, based on data gathered from death records at Santa Casa de Misericórdia Hospital. After cholera appeared in the country in 1855, Brazilian medical reports indicated a social bias, with slaves and the free poor suffering high mortality. From a historical perspective, however, little research has been done on the epidemic and its dynamics. The recovery of original data on cholera and the analysis of cholera mortality rates help us to better understand aspects of the slave universe in the urban zone of Rio de Janeiro in the period following the end of the slave trade.

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Authors & Contributors
Ismail, Shehab
McGrath, Elena
Stevens, Donald Fithian
George Michael La Rue
Forret, Jeff
Silva, Matheus Alves Duarte da
Concepts
Epidemics
Cholera
Slavery and slaves
Public health
Disease and diseases
Science and race
Time Periods
19th century
20th century, early
20th century, late
20th century
18th century
17th century
Places
Rio de Janeiro (Brazil)
Brazil
Japan
Cairo (Egypt)
Southern states (U.S.)
England
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