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[^0]:    7 'Commitment to the Brotherhood of Senhor Bom Jesus das Necessidades e Redenção', Corpo Santo chapel, Instituto dos Arquivos Nacionais/Torre do Tombo (IAN/TT), Chancelarias da Ordem de Cristo, D. Maria I, book 5, pp. 51v-60, ch. XII.  
8 'Commitment to the Brotherhood of Senhor Bom Jesus da Cruz by the Creoles of Vila de Cachoeira', Parish of São Gonçalo dos Campos, 1800, ch. XI.
9 Like other African identities forged in the diaspora, the Angola identification is rather generic and imprecise, both in ethnic and more specific geographical/regional terms. In Bahia, as in other parts of Brazil, the term Angola was used to identify various populations shipped to the Americas mainly through Luanda, the capital and port of the most important Portuguese enclave on the African coast.
10 Until the approval of the statute in 1820, the management of this prestigious fellowship was the responsibility of both Angolans and Creoles. 'Commitment to the Brotherhood of Nossa Senhora do Rosário dos Homens Pretos', 1820 (Farias, S. O. 1997). Other brotherhoods active in the city of Bahia during the eighteenth century also gave special preference to Angolans and Creoles on their boards: the Rosário brotherhoods of the parish of São Pedro, Conceição da Praia and Matriz da Vitória. 'Commitment to the Brotherhood of N. S. do Rosário dos Pretos, João Pereira', Parish of São Pedro, IAN/TT, Chancelarias Régias/Ordem de Cristo, Book 297, pp. 168v-178; 'Commitment to the Brotherhood of N. S. do Rosário dos Pretos' in the Parish of Conceição da Praia, Bahia, 1768, IAN/TT, Chancelarias Antigas/Ordem de Cristo, Book 306, pp. 16-22; 'Commitment to the Brotherhood of N. S. do Rosário dos Pretos' in Matriz de N. S. da Vitória, Bahia, IAN/TT, Chancelarias Antigas/Ordem de Cristo, Book 297, pp. 58-63.