Before Middle Passage: Translated Portuguese Manuscripts of Atlantic Slave Trading from West Africa to Iberian Territories, 1513-26

ISBN-13: 9780367879747 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 320 str.

Trevor P. Hall

Opis

On the 20th of January 1526, the Santiago left Lisbon bound for Africa with a cargo of iron and cloth; by early October the ship was back in Portugal with a very different cargo, 108 enslaved Africans. This volume consists of a translation into English of the receipt book from the customs office of the Cape Verde Islands. In it, Portuguese customs

Recenzje

"The Portuguese documents edited and translated here tell us much about the international and regional routes of the early Atlantic slave trade, its organization and the main actors involved (both as perpetrators and victims). This edition is, therefore, a valuable tool for teaching purposes at various educational levels." - Filipa Ribeiro Da Silva, Internationaal Instituut voor Sociale Geschiedenis, Amsterdam

Spis treści

Translation of ships paying customs duties in the Cape Verde Islands, 1513.  Translation of vessels paying customs duties, 1514.  Customs payments of ships returning from West Africa, 1514.  Customs duties collected in the Cape Verde Islands, 1515.  Final customs duties paid by ships returning from trading in West Africa, 1515-16.  Merchants from Portugal, Spain, and the Spanish Canary Islands paying taxes on captive Africans in the Cape Verde Islands, 1513-15.  Onboard log of Portuguese ship Santiago purchasing captive Africans in Guinea Bissau and Sierra Leone, 1526.

O autorze

Trevor P. Hall is an Associate Professor of History and Political Science in Jamaica, West Indies. He has also held visiting positions in Africa and America.