In a further session on the emancipation project, councillors confronted whether children born to enslaved women could be treated as free without compensating owners. The dispute exposed slavery’s dependence on treating women’s reproductive labor as a source of inheritable property.
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Why is “freedom at birth” incomplete as a description of the 1871 reform?
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The children were nominally free but could be compelled to serve until age 21.
A child classified as ingênuo under the 1871 law necessarily had full practical independence from the owner.
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The owner could retain the child’s services until age 21 or accept compensation.