This dissertation explores the African slave trade in the early South Atlantic. It considers Spainâs colonization of the RÃo de la Plata and Upper Peruvian hinterland and Portugalâs colonization of Angola and Brazil as mutually reinforcing initiatives. Beginning in the sixteenth century, Iberian soldiers, colonial officials, sailors, merchants, and commoners circulated between Angola, Brazil, and the RÃo de la Plata, forming commercial networks that directed thousands of enslaved Africans to American shores. From Buenos Aires, thousands of captives were trafficked not only to the Andean silver mining city of PotosÃ, but also to Santiago de Chile, Córdoba, Mendoza, and a host of spaces in the South American interior. I demonstrate how slave ownershipâand slaveryâwere more widespread than previously believed. Free and enslaved Africans were essential to the production of foodstuffs; defense; animal husbandry; and local and long-distance trades. Beyond upwardly revising estimates of the early slave trade to Brazil and the RÃo de la Plata, this study broadens our understanding of African experiences in the Atlantic world beyond sugar plantations and silver mines.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:VANDERBILT/oai:VANDERBILTETD:etd-12082016-230443 |
| Date | 12 December 2016 |
| Creators | Schultz, Kara Danielle |
| Contributors | Jane G. Landers, Ph.D., Mariana P. Candido, Ph.D., Celso T. Castilho, Ph.D., Catherine A. Molineux, Ph.D., Joseph C. Miller, Ph.D. |
| Publisher | VANDERBILT |
| Source Sets | Vanderbilt University Theses |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | text |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Source | http://etd.library.vanderbilt.edu/available/etd-12082016-230443/ |
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