Witzel de Souza, Bruno Gabriel - In: The Economic History Review 77 (2023) 2, pp. 612-643
This paper studies the history of contractual choice in coffee plantations of São Paulo, Brazil. It focuses on the consolidation of non-captive labour markets in the early phases of the transition from slavery in the country, particularly in the 1840s–50s. Vis-à-vis the alternatives of fixed...