{"product_id":"lourenco-da-silva-mendonca-and-the-black-atlantic-abolitionist-movement-in-the-seventeenth-century-paperback-softback-9781009573726","title":"Lourenço da Silva Mendonça and the Black Atlantic Abolitionist Movement in the Seventeenth Century (Paperback \/ softback) 9781009573726","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eLourenço da Silva Mendonça and the Black Atlantic Abolitionist Movement in the Seventeenth Century\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA groundbreaking story of African agency and the abolition of slavery, providing a new perspective on the Atlantic slave trade.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eJosé Lingna Nafafé (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781009573726, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 27 February 2025\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e486 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 2.7 cm, 0.781 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e'… this rich, provocative and accurate study raises questions and generously points to many very promising lines of research.' Michaela Valente, Archivio Storico Italiano\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThis groundbreaking study tells the story of the highly organised, international legal court case for the abolition of slavery spearheaded by Prince Lourenço da Silva Mendonça in the seventeenth century. The case, presented before the Vatican, called for the freedom of all enslaved people and other oppressed groups. This included New Christians (Jews converted to Christianity) and Indigenous Americans in the Atlantic World, and Black Christians from confraternities in Angola, Brazil, Portugal and Spain. Abolition debate is generally believed to have been dominated by white Europeans in the eighteenth century. By centring African agency, José Lingna Nafafé offers a new perspective on the abolition movement, showing, for the first time, how the legal debate was begun not by Europeans, but by Africans. In the first book of its kind, Lingna Nafafé underscores the exceptionally complex nature of the African liberation struggle, and demystifies the common knowledge and accepted wisdom surrounding African slavery.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eList of Tables\u003cbr\u003e List of Figures\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgments\u003cbr\u003e Introduction\u003cbr\u003e 1. The Municipal Council of Luanda and the Politics of the Portuguese Governors in Angola\u003cbr\u003e 2. Ndongo's Political and Cultural Environment: Alliance, Internal Struggle, Puppeteering and Decline\u003cbr\u003e 3. The Journey of Mendonça: Princes of Pungo Andongo in Brazil\u003cbr\u003e 4. Mendonça's Journey to Portugal and Spain, and the Network of the Hebrew Nation and Native Americans\u003cbr\u003e 5. Mendonça's Discourse in the Vatican: Liberation as a Wider Atlantic Question\u003cbr\u003e 6. Mendonça's Quest for Abolition and the Tussle between Portuguese Overseas Council and the House of Ndongo\u003cbr\u003e Conclusion\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Black \u0026amp; Asian studies [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Black \u0026amp; Asian studies\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Black%20\u0026amp;%20Asian%20studies%20%5BJFSL3%5D%22\"\u003eJFSL3\u003c\/a\u003e], Social \u0026amp; cultural history [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Social \u0026amp; cultural history\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Social%20\u0026amp;%20cultural%20history%20%5BHBTB%5D%22\"\u003eHBTB\u003c\/a\u003e], Early modern history: c 1450\/1500 to c 1700 [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Early modern history: c 1450\/1500 to c 1700\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Early%20modern%20history:%20c%201450\/1500%20to%20c%201700%20%5BHBLH%5D%22\"\u003eHBLH\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52462987215128,"sku":"9781009573726","price":23.89,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9781009573726i.jpg?v=1785544403","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/lourenco-da-silva-mendonca-and-the-black-atlantic-abolitionist-movement-in-the-seventeenth-century-paperback-softback-9781009573726","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}