Atlantic Routes: a slave trade route in the Atlantic between Pernambuco and the Costa de Mina (c.1724-c.1752)

ABSTRACT

This article presents the preliminary conclusions of a research that has been developed in the past three years regarding the slave trade to Pernambuco in the first half of the 18th century. Under the perspective of Social History, the goal was to create an intelligible framework of the articulation of the processes of people trade, observing the associated contractors of slave transport rights, and the demographic, logistical and fiscal aspects demanded by Praça de Pernambuco. Finally, an analysis is presented with the documented voyage of a Galera that left Pernambuco and made commerce in several ports of the Costa da Mina, being retained mainly in Aid in the year of 1752.

Keywords
Trade; Slavery; Navigation; Pernambuco; Costa da Mina