Europeans as Coastal Brokers in the West and West-Central African Slave Trade (1680–1720)

Inês Guarda, Ph.D. (2016), King’s College London, is Lecturer of Instituto Camões, I.P. and Coordinator of the Portuguese Language Center at the Hankuk University of Foreign Studies in Seoul (Republic of South Korea). She has conducted research on the Atlantic slave trade, cross-cultural exchanges in the Portuguese Empire, Lusophone literature, and the history of registries and notary practices in Portugal. Her most recent publication is the monograph A História dos Registos e do Notariado em Portugal (ICNM, 2024).

• General Series Editor’s PrefaceAcknowledgmentsList of TablesList of MapsAbbreviationsIntroductionPart 1: The Gold CoastIntroduction to Part 1Historical and Geographical Context1 Akwamu’s Attempt to Gain a Monopoly2 From a Sacred to a Common Place: the Diversity of Coastal Brokers1 Portuguese and English Brokers3 The Case of John ThurloePart 2: The Slave CoastIntroduction to Part 2Historical and Geographical Context4 The Power of the King5 The Portuguese Presence in Local Trade1 The Portuguese Never Left the Slave Coast2 São Tomé, the “Portuguese” Saviour6 English Factories: the Role of Petley WhybournePart 3: AngolaIntroduction to Part 37 Kasanje and Angola: Singularities and Common Features1 Historical and Geographical Context8 Pumbeiro: To Be or Not To Be, That is the Question9 The Kingdom of Africanisation1 António de Faria2 Dom Agostinho Quabora3 Dom Agostinho Rodrigues de SáConclusionGlossaryBibliographyIndex