ABSTRACT Through an examination of arguments used in an 1866 freedom suit initiated in Benguela, this article highlights the existence of a shared legal culture in the Lusophone Atlantic. Through in-depth analysis of this case, I show how common institutions of the ius commune acquired specific meanings in the pro-slavery jurisdictions of Benguela and Brazil. I specifically focus on how legal categories of property law shaped the judicial language of freedom in the Lusophone Atlantic. While drawing on other nineteenth-century freedom suits, legal doctrines, and secondary literature, this analysis of a Benguela suit sheds light upon the existence of a shared Atlantic legal culture and upon a re-signification of legal categories in colonial contexts.

中文翻译：

---

共同的大西洋法律文化：本格拉的自由诉讼案

摘要通过对在本格拉（Benguela）发起的1866年自由诉讼中使用的论证进行考察，本文重点介绍了大西洋卢索电话（Lusophone Atlantic）中存在着共同的法律文化。通过对此案的深入分析，我展示了ius公社的普通机构如何在本格拉和巴西的亲奴隶制辖区中获得特定含义。我特别关注财产法的法律类别如何塑造大西洋地区的卢索电话的自由司法语言。在借鉴其他19世纪的自由诉讼，法律学说和辅助文献的同时，对本格拉诉讼的这种分析为人们揭示了大西洋共同法律文化的存在以及殖民背景下法律类别的重新定义提供了依据。