Enslaving Connections
Subtitle: Changing Cultures of Africa and Brazil During the Era of Slavery
Contributors: Jose C. Curto (Editor); Paul E. Lovejoy (Editor)
Publisher: Humanity Books; Humanities Press Intl
Published: September 2003
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 324
ISBN-13: 9781591021537
Subjects: Slavery & emancipation; Slave trade; Discrimination & Racism; Brazil; Sociology; History; Political Freedom & Security - Civil Rights; History: World; Africa; General; African influences; Slavery; Africa, West; Civilization; Congresses
First sentence: In 1641, when the Dutch fleet left Recife to conquer Luanda, the capital of the Portuguese colony of Angola and expanding slave exporting town, it took on board three companies of Brazilian soldiers: two hundred Amerindians, and probably a small number of mamelucos, or free mestizos of European and Amerindian ancestry.