Na senzala, uma flor (1999): formação da família entre escravizados – uma análise historiográfica a partir de Robert W. Slenes

Abstract

This monograph work presents a historiographical analysis of the formation of the family among the enslaved, based on a revisionist reading by Robert W. Slenes, and how the historiographic turn has changed the study on the subject in question. When exploring the classics of Brazilian historiography, we observe how the enslaved black family was made invisible from the perspective of these authors of traditional historiography. From this observation, we identify and approach the importance of the historiographic turn, in the study of the families of the enslaved, which provided a new look at historical research, providing historicity to subjects previously marginalized by traditional historiography. The research was based on a completely bibliographical methodology, using books and scientific articles, we sought to understand in what context this enslaved black family exists, so ignored by classical historiography. We identify this family in the light of African culture.