Well into the early nineteenth century, Luanda, the administrative capital of Portuguese
Angola, was one of the most influential ports for the transatlantic slave trade. Between 1801 …

The slave trade in Angola, specifically in the district of Ambaca, transformed the social
organization of its inhabitants at the grass-roots level by introducing an ever increasing …

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 …

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 …

Luanda, la capital de la colonia portuguesa en Angola fue una ciudad de mayoría feminina
en la mitad de siglo XIX. Hacia parte de esta población dueñas, negras libres y esclavas …

Angola's contemporary political boundaries resulted from 20th-century colonialism. The
roots of Angola, however, reach far into the past. When Portuguese caravels arrived in the …

On November 14, 1750, the prison of the Inquisition in Lisbon opened its gates to a curious
entourage. Joao Pereira da Cunha, a former capitao-mor or captain-major of Ambaca …

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 …

Em meados do século dezessete, com a participação das tropas militares oriundas da
colônia do Brasil no episódio da expulsão dos holandeses da África centro-ocidental, os …

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 …