Way of Death: Merchant Capitalism and the Angolan Slave Trade, 1730–1830This acclaimed history of Portuguese and Brazilian slaving in the southern Atlantic is now available in paperback. |
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Contents
On the Way | 171 |
The Last Stop | 443 |
Merchants of Death | 533 |
Part 5 Conclusion | 655 |
Appendix A Comparative Estimates of Basic Labor Rations | 695 |
Appendix B Estimate of Mortality among Slaves Awaiting Sale in the New World | 701 |
Appendix C Principal Authors of Documentation Cited | 703 |
Glossary of Foreign Terms Used in the Text | 709 |
Glossary of Portuguese Terms Used in the Notes | 714 |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Way of Death: Merchant Capitalism and the Angolan Slave Trade, 1730–1830 |
| Author | Joseph Calder Miller |
| Edition | revised |
| Publisher | Univ of Wisconsin Press, 1997 |
| ISBN | 0299115631, 9780299115630 |
| Length | 800 pages |
| Subjects | › History / General |
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