1st Edition
Before Middle Passage: Translated Portuguese Manuscripts of Atlantic Slave Trading from West Africa to Iberian Territories, 1513-26
Translation of ships paying customs duties in the Cape Verde Islands, 1513. Translation of vessels paying customs duties, 1514. Customs payments of ships returning from West Africa, 1514. Customs duties collected in the Cape Verde Islands, 1515. Final customs duties paid by ships returning from trading in West Africa, 1515-16. Merchants from Portugal, Spain, and the Spanish Canary Islands paying taxes on captive Africans in the Cape Verde Islands, 1513-15. Onboard log of Portuguese ship Santiago purchasing captive Africans in Guinea Bissau and Sierra Leone, 1526.
Biography
Trevor P. Hall is an Associate Professor of History and Political Science in Jamaica, West Indies. He has also held visiting positions in Africa and America.
"The Portuguese documents edited and translated here tell us much about the international and regional routes of the early Atlantic slave trade, its organization and the main actors involved (both as perpetrators and victims). This edition is, therefore, a valuable tool for teaching purposes at various educational levels." - Filipa Ribeiro Da Silva, Internationaal Instituut voor Sociale Geschiedenis, Amsterdam
