An African slaving port and the Atlantic world : Benguela and its hinterland / Mariana P. Candido.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Candido, Mariana P. (Mariana Pinho), 1975- author.

Series:

African studies series ; 124.

African studies ; [124]

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Slave trade--Angola--Benguela--History.

Slave trade.

Benguela (Angola)--History.

Benguela (Angola).

Benguela (Angola)--Politics and government.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiii, 366 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Other Title:

An African Slaving Port & the Atlantic World

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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 transatlantic 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.

Contents:

Contacts, competition, and copper : Benguela until 1710

The rise of an Atlantic port, 1710-1850

Benguela and the South Atlantic World

Mechanisms of enslavement

Political reconfiguration of the Benguela hinterland, 1600-1850.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-107-23476-X

1-107-32672-9

1-107-33244-3

1-107-33648-1

1-107-33316-4

0-511-99759-0

1-107-33482-9

1-299-39988-6

1-107-33565-5

OCLC:

830000966