The Feeding of Slave Population in the United States, the Caribbean, and Brazil: Some Remarks in the State of the Art
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1 août 2013
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slavery slave feeding slave trade social conditionsSujets proches
Domestic animals--Feeding and feeds Feeding of animals Livestock--Feeding and feeds Feeding Feeding, Animal Animals--Feeding and feedsCiter ce document
Ramiro Alberto Flores Guzmán, « The Feeding of Slave Population in the United States, the Caribbean, and Brazil: Some Remarks in the State of the Art », América Latina en la historia económica, ID : 10670/1.rsjnsz
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This article examines the state of the art on the issue of slave feeding in the three largest slave societies of the Americas: The United States, the Caribbean and Brazil. Through a comparative analysis, the paper shows the evolution of the lines of research and methodological approaches on the topic, paying special attention to the problems that historians face at working with disparate sources in pursuit of reconstructing the captives' diet. Finally, we discuss the parameters to measure the appropriate level of nutrient intake based on the slaves' physical constitution.