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An African Slaving Port and the Atlantic World

An African Slaving Port and the Atlantic World

Hardcover

Series: African Studies, Book 124

African HistoryTransportation General

ISBN10: 1107011868
ISBN13: 9781107011861
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: Mar 29 2013
Pages: 388
Weight: 1.45
Height: 1.30 Width: 6.20 Depth: 9.10
Language: English
This book traces the history and development of the port of Benguela, the third largest port of slave embarkation on the coast of Africa, from the early seventeenth to the mid-nineteenth century. Benguela, located on the central coast of present-day Angola, was founded by the Portuguese in the early seventeenth century. In discussing the impact of the trans-Atlantic slave trade on African societies, Mariana P. Candido explores the formation of new elites, the collapse of old states, and the emergence of new states. Placing Benguela in an Atlantic perspective, this study shows how events in the Caribbean and Brazil affected social and political changes on the African coast. This book emphasizes the importance of the South Atlantic as a space for the circulation of people, ideas, and crops.

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