The Atlantic Slave Trade from West Central Africa, 1780–1867

This book traces the inland origins of slaves leaving West Central Africa at the peak period of the transatlantic slave trade.

Daniel B. Domingues da Silva (Author)

9781107176263, Cambridge University Press

Hardback, published 26 June 2017

248 pages
23.5 x 15.8 x 2 cm, 0.5 kg

'This is a valuable addition to the growing scholarship on the Angolan slave trade. While grounding his book on African dynamics and contexts, Domingues da Silva explores historical linkages with the wider Atlantic world. This book will immediately become a reference for scholars of the slave trade and abolition in the Atlantic world.' Roquinaldo Ferreira, Brown University, Rhode Island

The Atlantic Slave Trade from West Central Africa, 1780–1867 traces the inland origins of slaves leaving West Central Africa at the peak period of the transatlantic slave trade. Drawing on archival sources from Angola, Brazil, England, and Portugal, Daniel B. Domingues da Silva explores not only the origins of the slaves forced into the trade but also the commodities for which they were exchanged and their methods of enslavement. Further, the book examines the evolution of the trade over time, its organization, the demographic profile of the population transported, the enslavers' motivations to participate in this activity, and the Africans' experience of enslavement and transportation across the Atlantic. Domingues da Silva also offers a detailed 'geography of enslavement', including information on the homelands of the enslaved Africans and their destination in the Americas.

List of figures
List of tables
Abbreviations
Acknowledgements
Introduction
1. The Atlantic slave trade in the century of abolition
2. The commercial organization of the slave trade
3. The origins of slaves leaving West Central Africa
4. The demographic profile of the enslaved population
5. African patterns of consumption
6. Experiences and methods of enslavement
Conclusion
Appendix A. Slave origins data
Appendix B. Slave prices data
Appendix C. Exchange commodities data
Bibliography
Index.

Subject Areas: Slavery & abolition of slavery [HBTS], Historical geography [HBTP], African history [HBJH], General & world history [HBG]