Way of Death
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Way of Death

Merchant Capitalism and the Angolan Slave Trade, 1730–1830

  1. 800 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Way of Death

Merchant Capitalism and the Angolan Slave Trade, 1730–1830

About this book

This acclaimed history of Portuguese and Brazilian slaving in the southern Atlantic is now available in paperback.

With extraordinary skill, Joseph C. Miller explores the complex relationships among the separate economies of Africa, Europe, and the South Atlantic that collectively supported the slave trade. He places the grim history of the trade itself within the context of the rise of merchant capitalism in the eighteenth century. Throughout, Miller illuminates the experiences of the slaves themselves, reconstructing what can be known of their sufferings at the hands of their buyers and sellers.

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Table of contents

  1. Contents
  2. Maps
  3. Tables and Figures
  4. Translation of a Slave Inventory
  5. Preface
  6. Acknowledgments
  7. Abbreviations Used in Notes
  8. Part 1. Africa: Births and Deaths
  9. Part 2. Traders: On the Way
  10. Part 3. Brazil: The Last Stop
  11. Part 4. Portugal: Merchants of Death
  12. Part 5. Conclusion
  13. Appendix A: Comparative Estimates of Basic Labor Rations
  14. Appendix B: Estimate of Mortality among Slaves Awaiting Sale in the New World
  15. Appendix C: Principal Authors of Documentation Cited
  16. Glossary of Foreign Terms Used in the Text
  17. Glossary of Portuguese Terms Used in the Notes
  18. Works Cited
  19. Index