Jose Lingna Nafafe (University of Bristol)

Lourenço da Silva Mendonça and the Black Atlantic Abolitionist Movement in the Seventeenth Century

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Produktbeschreibung

This groundbreaking study provides a new perspective on the Atlantic slave trade, highlighting the agency of Africans in the quest for abolition. The book reveals how the legal debate on abolition was begun by Africans, not Europeans. An essential new work for scholars and students interested in the abolition movement.

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Produktdetails

• Cambridge Studies on the African Diaspora
• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 486
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. August 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 33mm
• Gewicht: 850g
• ISBN-13: 9781108838238
• ISBN-10: 1108838235
• Artikelnr.: 63396442

Autorenporträt

José Lingna Nafafé is a Senior Lecturer in Portuguese and Lusophone Studies at the University of Bristol.

Inhaltsangabe

List of Tables
List of Figures
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. The Municipal Council of Luanda and the Politics of the Portuguese Governors in Angola
2. Ndongo's Political and Cultural Environment: Alliance, Internal Struggle, Puppeteering and Decline
3. The Journey of Mendonça: Princes of Pungo Andongo in Brazil
4. Mendonça's Journey to Portugal and Spain, and the Network of the Hebrew Nation and Native Americans
5. Mendonça's Discourse in the Vatican: Liberation as a Wider Atlantic Question
6. Mendonça's Quest for Abolition and the Tussle between Portuguese Overseas Council and the House of Ndongo
Conclusion
Bibliography
Index.