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“The August Temple of Justice”: Journeying to the Cities “The August Temple of Justice”: Journeying to the Cities
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“I Wish To Be In This City”: Women and the Jurisprudence of Geography In Cuba “I Wish To Be In This City”: Women and the Jurisprudence of Geography In Cuba
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Families on the Move in Rio and Havana Families on the Move in Rio and Havana
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The Gendered Geographies of Slave Trading The Gendered Geographies of Slave Trading
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Rio de Janeiro and Women's Quest for Self-Purchase Rio de Janeiro and Women's Quest for Self-Purchase
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women and families in the cities women and families in the cities
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Streets of Women Streets of Women
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Gossip and Information Gossip and Information
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Five Wish to Be in This City: Mapping Women's Quest for Urban Freedom
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Published:December 2013
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Abstract
This chapter maps the close connections between urban living and the quest for freedom. Ramona's complaint about the difficulty of gaining a fair hearing in her small town would have been familiar to her contemporaries, in Brazil as well as in Cuba, as the case of Mathilde and other fazenda slaves in Guaratiba near Rio de Janeiro reveals. As the case unfolded, the lawyer for the owner's heirs made a common argument. The group, he said, had not made the claim themselves, but had been “incited by the philanthropy of someone who wished to exploit their services.” The fact that the claimants had had outside help was legitimate because it was common knowledge that their isolation would otherwise prevent them from accessing the “august temple of Justice.”
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