Cross-cultural exchange in the Atlantic world Angola and Brazil during the era of the slave trade

This book argues that Angola and Brazil were connected, not separated, by the Atlantic Ocean. Roquinaldo Ferreira focuses on the cultural, religious and social impacts of the slave trade on Angola. Reconstructing biographies of Africans and merchants, he demonstrates how cross-cultural trade, identi...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Ferreira, Roquinaldo Amaral
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge Cambridge University Press 2012
Series:African studies
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Collection: Cambridge Books Online - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • 1. An expedition to the kingdom of Holo
  • 2. Can vassals be enslaved?
  • 3. Tribunal de Mucanos
  • 4. Slavery and society
  • 5. Religion and culture
  • 6. Echoes of Brazil
  • Epilogue : Rebalancing Atlantic history