Format:
1 online resource (388 pages)
ISBN:
9781107333161
Series Statement:
African Studies v.124
Content:
This book traces the history and development of the port of Benguela, on the coast of Africa, from the early seventeenth to the mid-nineteenth century.
Content:
Cover -- An African Slaving Port and the Atlantic World -- Series -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Maps and Images -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- The Chapters -- Note on Spelling -- 1 Contacts, Competition, and Copper: Benguela until 1710 -- The First Benguela -- The Foundation of Benguela and the Early Portuguese Settlement -- The Art of Naming People: Sobas, Jagas, the Portuguese, and the Vassal Treaties -- Mineral Failure and Improvising a Colony, ca. 1617-1640 -- Dutch Attack and Occupation -- The Colonization Effort -- The Population of Benguela until about 1710 -- Conclusion -- 2 The Rise of an Atlantic Port, 1710-1850 -- The Port and Its Surroundings in the First Half of the Eighteenth Century -- New Bureaucracy and Population Changes -- Development of a Slave Society -- Formation of a Luso-African Society -- Conclusion -- 3 Benguela and the South Atlantic World -- Benguela and the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade -- The Early Trade -- Organization of the Slave Trade -- Trade Network in the Central Highlands -- Portuguese Authorities and Their Participation in the Slave Trade -- Tribute and Conflicts with African Rulers -- Conclusion -- 4 Mechanisms of Enslavement -- Warfare and Raids -- Kidnapping and the Vulnerability of Free Blacks -- Judicial Mechanisms, Tribute, and Debt Enslavement -- Conclusion -- 5 Political Reconfiguration of the Benguela Hinterland, 1600-1850 -- The First Caconda, ca. 1680-1750 -- The New Fortress at Caconda, ca. 1760-1850 -- Population of Caconda, ca. 1700-1850 -- Political Reconfigurations in the Interior of Benguela -- The Highland States: Wambu, Mbailundu, and Viye -- Conclusion -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Archival References -- Angola -- Brazil -- Portugal -- Canada -- Published Primary Sources -- Books and Articles -- Unpublished Dissertations and Papers -- Index -- Series.
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Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781107011861
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9781107011861
Language:
English
Keywords:
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