The Resurgence of the Atlantic Slave Trade to Angola, c.1780-1867

FAIN: FT-61468-14

Daniel Domingues da Silva
Mizzou (Columbia, MO 65211-3020)

In the nineteenth century, Angola, in West Central Africa, emerged as the principal source of slaves for the Americas, changing the social landscape on both sides of the Atlantic. However, scholars largely ignore the inland origins of these Africans, the causes for their enslavement, and the methods through which they were captured. This project will trace the origins of slaves leaving Angola in the nineteenth century and examine the principal causes and methods of their enslavement based on a variety of sources, including slave registers, customs records, travelers' accounts, lists of liberated Africans, and correspondence between British naval officers. The project results will be disseminated in the form of a book published by a major university press. They will show that the majority of the slaves leaving Angola in the nineteenth century came from regions relatively close to the coast and were victims of internal conflicts, judicial proceedings, and insolvent debts.

Media Coverage

Interview with Daniel Domigues (Media Coverage)
Author(s): Patrícia Zanin
Publication: FM Radio Station of the State University of Londrina, Brazil
Date: 9/4/2014
Abstract: State University of Londrina, Brazil, radio broadcast interview with Daniel Domingues about his recent research project on the history of the transatlantic slave trade and his activities as assistant professor of African history at the University of Missouri. The university is among the top institutions of higher education in southern Brazil and its radio station serves as a privileged means for national and international scholars and artists to share their findings, discoveries, and ideas to the broader public. The interview was conducted last August in Portuguese and will be broadcasted in three segments over the next few weeks, beginning on September 4.
URL: http://www.uel.br/uelfm/arquivo.php?id=13600

Associated Products

African Slavery in the Portuguese World (Conference/Institute/Seminar)
Title: African Slavery in the Portuguese World
Author: Daniel B. Domingues da Silva
Abstract: Graduate lecture part of the seminar "From Demographic to Social HIstory: Social Groups and the Circulation of People in the Portuguese Empire," held at the New University of Lisbon, Portugal, on May 20, 2014.
Date Range: 05/20/2014
Location: New University of Lisbon, Portugal

The Origins of Slaves Leaving Angola in the Nineteenth Century: An Onomastic, Linguistic, and Ethnic Analysis (Conference Paper/Presentation)
Title: The Origins of Slaves Leaving Angola in the Nineteenth Century: An Onomastic, Linguistic, and Ethnic Analysis
Author: Daniel B. Domingues da Silva
Abstract: Academic presentation at the workshop "A Look Beyond the Numbers: Slavery and Trade in Angola and Congo between the Seventeenth and Nineteenth Centuries," held at the New University of Lisbon, Portugal, on June 25, 2014.
Date: 06/25/2014
Primary URL: http://www.cham.fcsh.unl.pt/ac_actividade.aspx?ActId=162
Primary URL Description: Workshop homepage. Portuguese only.
Conference Name: A Look Beyond the Numbers: Slavery and Trade in Angola and Congo between the Seventeenth and Nineteenth Centuries

The Atlantic Slave Trade from West Central Africa (Book)
Title: The Atlantic Slave Trade from West Central Africa
Author: Domingues da Silva, Daniel B.
Abstract: 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.
Year: 2017
Primary URL Description: TBA
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Type: Single author monograph
ISBN: 9781107176263
Copy sent to NEH?: Yes

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