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Zusatztext 68279531 Informationen zum Autor João Pedro Marques has been a researcher at the Instituto de Investigação Científica Tropical (Lisbon) since 1987. He obtained a PhD in History from the Universidade Nova de Lisboa, where he taught African History during the 1990s. He has published several books and articles, both in Portugal and France, on the subjects of slavery, abolition and other colonial issues. Klappentext Portugal was the pioneer of the transatlantic slave trade, the ruler of both Brazil and Angola - the all time champions of that trade -, and one of the last western countries to decree the abolition of slaving institutions. Paradoxically, and in spite of the overwhelming number of works devoted to the problems of slavery produced in recent decades, little was known about the way Portugal dealt with the twilight of the age of slavery and, most of all, with abolitionism. This book offers the first study of the abolition of the Portuguese slave trade, covering the period from the end of the eighteenth century to the mid-1860s, and bringing to life a dark and silenced corner in the history of the odious commerce. Based on a thorough examination of Portuguese and British historical sources - most of them never used before -, and on his awareness of the international scholarship in the field in which he writes, it investigates not only the Portuguese pro and anti-abolitionist attitudes but also the underlying ideologies, and whether and how those attitudes and ideologies changed over time and in the light of events in the political, economic and social spheres. Zusammenfassung Portugal was the pioneer of the transatlantic slave trade! the ruler of both Brazil and Angola - the all time champions of that trade -! and one of the last western countries to decree the abolition of slaving institutions. Paradoxically! and in spite of the overwhelming number of works devoted to the problems of slavery produced in recent decades! little was known about the way Portugal dealt with the twilight of the age of slavery and! most of all! with abolitionism. This book offers the first study of the abolition of the Portuguese slave trade! covering the period from the end of the eighteenth century to the mid-1860s! and bringing to life a dark and silenced corner in the history of the odious commerce. Based on a thorough examination of Portuguese and British historical sources - most of them never used before -! and on his awareness of the international scholarship in the field in which he writes! it investigates not only the Portuguese pro and anti-abolitionist attitudes but also the underlying ideologies! and whether and how those attitudes and ideologies changed over time and in the light of events in the political! economic and social spheres. Inhaltsverzeichnis Abbreviations Used in the Notes Preface List of Illustrations Chapter 1. Portugal and Abolitionism at the End of the Eighteenth Century and Beginning of the Nineteenth Century: from Detachment to Political Commitment Tolerationism and Abolitionism Portugal, a Country Aloof Chapter 2. The Maintenance of the Slave Trade in an Abolitionist Context: from the Beginning of British Pressure to Brazilian Secession The British Pincer A Time for Concessions: from Vienna to the Convention of 1817 In the Realm of Ideas: Defending Gradualism Chapter 3. From the Loss of Brazil to the Liberal Wars: Early Abolitionist Proposals and the Return of Silence The Deadlocks in the Search for Abolitionist Consensus The Pathways to Abolitionism in Portugal Chapter 4. Plans and Stratagems: the Septembristas and the Problem of the Suppression of the Slave Trade Pressures and Procrastinations The Septembristas Ambiguity on Abolition Public Opinion and the Suppression of the Slave T...
