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DESCRIPTION:In the early 1740s\, an enslaved Angolan man named João\, then 
 living in the hinterlands of Brazil\, received an amulet from another ensla
 ved African man with promises it could free João from his servitude. A shor
 t time later\, it seems this object had the opposite effect: João found him
 self before the Portuguese Inquisition in Lisbon\, charged with sorcery and
  crimes against the church.  João’s case was not unique: between 1729 and 1
 744\, a series of enslaved Africans like João appear before the Portuguese 
 Inquisition\, each in possession of a talisman which they claimed could tur
 n them invisible or free them from enslavement. This talk will argue that m
 andinga-papers provide a critical lens on Africans’ reckoning with the visu
 al contradictions of slavery\, writing\, and self-representation in the ear
 ly modern black Atlantic
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LOCATION:Arts and Letters Hall\, 404
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SUMMARY:Glimpsing the Flight from Enslavement\, a lecture by Dr. Matthew Ra
 rey\, Assistant Professor of Art History\, Oberlin College
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URL:https://events.depaul.edu/event/glimpsing_the_flight_from_enslavement_a
 _lecture_by_dr_matthew_rarey_assistant_professor_of_art_history_oberlin_col
 lege
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