Europeans as Coastal Brokers in the West and West-Central African Slave Trade (1680-1720)

Erscheinungsjahr 2025
ISBN: 978-90-04-73093-9
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 46, 280 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 238 mm, Gewicht: 776 g

Reihe: European Expansion and Indigenous Response

The years between 1680 and 1720 saw the intensification of the regional slave trade in West Africa. Previous scholarship has focused almost exclusively on Africans and Afro-descendants as brokers in the region, placing Europeans as Atlantic intermediaries. Europeans as Coastal Brokers in the West and West-Central African Slave Trade (1680–1720) argues that not only was European mediation in Africa deeply interwoven with endogenous trade networks, but also that it was eagerly desired by the powerful potentates of the hinterland as a means of increasing their political and economic power over the region. Examining the interconnected interests of coastal authorities and Europeans, this book demonstrates that Europeans were the key brokers in the diversification of slave trade routes to the shore.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Godinho Guarda, Maria Inês

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Geschichte der Sklaverei

Inhaltsverzeichnis

General Series Editor’s Preface

Acknowledgments

List of Tables

List of Maps

Abbreviations

Introduction

Part 1: The Gold Coast

Introduction to Part 1

Historical and Geographical Context

1 Akwamu’s Attempt to Gain a Monopoly

2 From a Sacred to a Common Place: the Diversity of Coastal Brokers 1 Portuguese and English Brokers

3 The Case of John Thurloe

Part 2: The Slave Coast

Introduction to Part 2

Historical and Geographical Context

4 The Power of the King

5 The Portuguese Presence in Local Trade 1 The Portuguese Never Left the Slave Coast 2 São Tomé, the “Portuguese” Saviour

6 English Factories: the Role of Petley Whybourne

Part 3: Angola

Introduction to Part 3

7 Kasanje and Angola: Singularities and Common Features 1 Historical and Geographical Context

8 Pumbeiro: To Be or Not To Be, That is the Question

9 The Kingdom of Africanisation 1 António de Faria 2 Dom Agostinho Quabora 3 Dom Agostinho Rodrigues de Sá

Conclusion

Glossary

Bibliography

Index

Über Autor(innen)

Inês Guarda, Ph.D. (2016), King’s College London, is Lecturer of Instituto Camões, I.P. and Coordinator of the Portuguese Language Center at the Hankuk University of Foreign Studies in Seoul (Republic of South Korea). She has conducted research on the Atlantic slave trade, cross-cultural exchanges in the Portuguese Empire, Lusophone literature, and the history of registries and notary practices in Portugal. Her most recent publication is the monograph A História dos Registos e do Notariado em Portugal (ICNM, 2024).