“In this Trade, No Places are Held:” Involvement of Portuguese slave traders in the slave trade between Africa and Brazil (1818-1828)

  • Rodrigues J
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ABSTRACT Between 1818 and 1828, the Portuguese Board of Trade (known locally as the Junta do Comércio) gave ships departing from Lisbon permission to traffic African slaves to Brazil. This authorization was the result of international treaties signed between the monarchies of Portugal and Britain in 1815 and 1817. This article discusses the context in which the slave traders functioned, the ways in which they received license to trade, and how the source documents from the Portuguese Board of Trade during this period provide important information on the slave traders based in Portuguese harbors.RESUMO Entre os anos de 1818 e 1828, a Junta do Comércio portuguesa concedeu permissões para que navios partindo de Lisboa fossem traficar escravos africanos com destino ao Brasil. Essas autorizações foram dadas com base nos tratados firmados entre as coroas de Portugal e da Grã-Bretanha em 1815 e 1817. Este artigo discute o contexto em que esses traficantes agiram, o modo pelo qual essas autorizações foram concedidas e como as fontes existentes na Junta do Comércio no período assinalado possibilitam identificar traficantes baseados em portos lusos.

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Rodrigues, J. (2017). “In this Trade, No Places are Held:” Involvement of Portuguese slave traders in the slave trade between Africa and Brazil (1818-1828). História (São Paulo), 36(0). https://doi.org/10.1590/1980-436920170000000039

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