A literatura abolicionista de Maria Firmina dos Reis: o conto “A escrava”

The short story “A Escrava”, by the Brazilian author Maria Firmina dos Reis, was published in 1887, a year marked by abolitionist campaigns. The storyis about the suffering experienced by black families that were separated because of the slave traffic among Brazilian provinces during the nineteenth-century. By the suffering lived by the protagonist, we are invited to think about certain problems lived by female slaves, such as the kidnaping of slave’s children, the impediment of maternity, and the violence attached to fertility questions.The short story “A Escrava”, by the Brazilian author Maria Firmina dos Reis, was published in 1887, a year marked by abolitionist campaigns. The storyis about the suffering experienced by black families that were separated because of the slave traffic among Brazilian provinces during the nineteenth-century. By the suffering lived by the protagonist, we are invited to think about certain problems lived by female slaves, such as the kidnaping of slave’s children, the impediment of maternity, and the violence attached to fertility questions.O conto “A Escrava”, de Maria Firmina dos Reis, publicado em 1887, no auge da campanha abolicionista, mostra o calvário dos negros no Brasil, uma vez que narra o sofrimento das famílias que eram separadas em função do tráfico interprovincial de escravos no Brasil do século XIX. O sofrimento da protagonista permite que se pense nas violências a que as escravas estavam submetidas por questões específicas de gênero, a saber, a separação dos seus filhos, a usurpação do exercício da maternidade e a violência relacionada a questões de fertilidade