Europeans as Coastal Brokers in the West and West-Central African Slave Trade (1680-1720) /
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 an...
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Language: English
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Leiden ; Boston :
Brill,
2025.
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Early Modern History and Modern History E-Books Online, Collection 2025.
European Expansion and Indigenous Response ;
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Call Number: PL8000
- 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.