Besides her remarkable declarations in her testament, Gracia Maria da Conceição Magalhães provided proof of her conversion to Catholicism. Nevertheless, the fact is that we cannot know if she had truly adopted Christian attitudes while she was alive. I would like here to underscore the analysis of the name of our protagonist. Throughout her testament, Gracia Maria praised the fact that she bore Our Lady's name, a mark of Catholic Christianity often seen in societies shaped by European colonization. Interestingly enough, she was a confrère of Our Lady of the Rosary in whose cemetery she was supposed to be buried. The contributions duly paid were the only thing she did for the confraternity. Judging by her testament, Gracia Maria was truly devoted to Our Lady of the Conception. She had already paid 16,000 réis for her husband's debts and instructed the executor to pay what remained. Also, she insisted that the money left from the sale of her earrings be offered at the altar of Our Lady of the Conception. Gracia Maria had an image of Our Lady of the Conception. Besides, she had adopted her devotion as her surname. It might be coincidence, but her testament expressed her desire to give her manioc house to an old slave of hers, a freedman named José Gomes da Conceição. I would presume, with some certainty, that Gracia Maria da Conceição was only buried in the cemetery of the Rosary because the presence of Africans among the brothers of the Conception (her husband had been one of them) was restricted or at least frowned upon.  
Historiography shows that it was common for slaves to adopt the surnames of their former masters when they were manumitted. I analysed the subject in research about manumissions in Jacutinga in the nineteenth century (Bezerra, 2008, chapter 2). For Gracia Maria, her surname ensured her freedom. The name Magalhães made people think of her master, so her freed condition would not be questioned. Perhaps those 13 masses required for the soul of her former master were not ingenuous. Incidentally, Gracia Maria left her ostentatious skirt