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Europeans as Coastal Brokers in the West and West-Central African Slave Trade (1680â1720)
Series: - European Expansion and Indigenous Response, Volume: 46
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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 (1680â1720) 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.
Inês Guarda, Ph.D. (2016), Kingâs 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).
General Series Editorâs Preface
Acknowledgments
List of Tables
List of Maps
Abbreviations
Introduction
Introduction to Part 1
Historical and Geographical Context
1 Akwamuâs Attempt to Gain a Monopoly
2 From a Sacred to a Common Place: the Diversity of Coastal Brokers
â1 Portuguese and English Brokers
3 The Case of John Thurloe
Introduction to Part 2
Historical and Geographical Context
4 The Power of the King
5 The Portuguese Presence in Local Trade
â1 The Portuguese Never Left the Slave Coast
â2 São Tomé, the âPortugueseâ Saviour
6 English Factories: the Role of Petley Whybourne
Introduction to Part 3
7 Kasanje and Angola: Singularities and Common Features
â1 Historical and Geographical Context
8 Pumbeiro: To Be or Not To Be, That is the Question
9 The Kingdom of Africanisation
â1 António de Faria
â2 Dom Agostinho Quabora
â3 Dom Agostinho Rodrigues de Sá
Conclusion
Glossary
Bibliography
Index
Acknowledgments
List of Tables
List of Maps
Abbreviations
Introduction
Part 1: The Gold Coast
Introduction to Part 1
Historical and Geographical Context
1 Akwamuâs Attempt to Gain a Monopoly
2 From a Sacred to a Common Place: the Diversity of Coastal Brokers
â1 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
â1 The Portuguese Never Left the Slave Coast
â2 São Tomé, the âPortugueseâ Saviour
6 English Factories: the Role of Petley Whybourne
Part 3: Angola
Introduction to Part 3
7 Kasanje and Angola: Singularities and Common Features
â1 Historical and Geographical Context
8 Pumbeiro: To Be or Not To Be, That is the Question
9 The Kingdom of Africanisation
â1 António de Faria
â2 Dom Agostinho Quabora
â3 Dom Agostinho Rodrigues de Sá
Conclusion
Glossary
Bibliography
Index
This book is of immediate interest to researchers and post-graduate students whose expertise and studies concern global history, cultural history, or the history of Africa and the Atlantic.