This article explores how some enslaved Black Africans litigated for their freedom in Spanish
royal courts in the sixteenth century on the basis that—as Christians—they had been …

O artigo examina processos de captura e escravização na região de Benguela, África centro
ocidental. Apesar de a historiografia sobre escravidão e o tráfico de escravos enfatizar a …

A reassessment of the institution of pawnship in Africa for the period from the seventeenth
century to the nineteenth century tightens the reference to situations in which individuals …

Through an examination of arguments used in an 1866 freedom suit initiated in Benguela,
this article highlights the existence of a shared legal culture in the Lusophone Atlantic …

This book explores the history of African tangible and intangible heritages and its links with
the public memory of slavery in Brazil and Angola. The two countries are deeply connected …

This article explores the nature and expansion of slavery in Benguela, in West Central
Africa, during the nineteenth century, engaging with the scholarship on second slavery …

This study stresses the role of common women in the history of Benguela in the nineteenth
century. I emphasize the importance of parish records to unveil sectors of the society that …

Esta contribuição reconstrói a história da família Fortunato da Costa à medida que os seus
membros constituintes aparecem pela primeira vez em Portugal durante a invasão …

S'il est vrai que l'Angola fut le grand réservoir de main-d'œuvre américaine et que la traite y
a occupé une place majeure, il est impossible de faire abstraction du fait que les sociétés …

This article builds upon previous work on the impact of ransoming on processes of captivity,
enslavement, and slavery in West Africa. Ransoming is defined as the release of a captive …