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This article examines the presence of enslaved children and youths in Portuguese last wills, which have been studied concerning the confraternities of Miseric\u00f3rdia of Porto and Macao, in a chronology that covers the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. The present approach aims to combine family history, childhood history, and history of law, in order to highlight the presence of enslaved children and youths as family members. 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