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Journal Article
Enlightenment, Mestizaje, and Slavery in Late 19th —and Early 20th— Century Brazil
2026
Overview
This research, using unpublished and mostly digitized documents, reconstructs the life of Domingos Carlos da Silva, an illustrious Bahian doctor who lived in Salvador and Rio de Janeiro in the second half of the 19th century. Despite being a black man in a racially stratified slave society, Domingos Carlos da Silva was the protagonist of a dizzying political, economic, and social rise. In addition to being a doctor and professor at the Faculty of Medicine of Bahia, he published several scientific books, served as a doctor during the Paraguayan War, and was even named an advisor to Emperor Pedro ii. In addition, he was a farmer and businessman. This fascinating story of the social rise of a black man in a slave society is also marked by an intriguing paradox: Domingos Carlos da Silva was also, more than a defender of slavery, someone who directly benefited from it. Among the most important findings of this research is the attempt by Domingos Carlos da Silva, in consortium with public authorities of the city of Salvador, to create a labor colony for the enslavement of abandoned children. The forgetting or elimination of life stories, such as that of Domingos Carlos da Silva, deprives Brazilian history of the complexity inherent to it. Reconstructing the adventures of his life, therefore, contributes to a better understanding of the many nuances involved in the relationship between slavery and miscegenation in the historical formation of Brazilian society.
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Instituto Panamericano de Geografía e Historia
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