Lourenco da Silva Mendonca and the Black Atlantic Abolitionist Movement in the Seventeenth Century

This groundbreaking study provides a new perspective on the Atlantic slave trade, highlighting the agency of Africans in the quest for abolition. The book reveals how the legal debate on abolition was begun by Africans, not Europeans. An essential new work for scholars and students interested in the abolition movement.

• | : Jose Lingna Nafafe (University of Bristol)
• | Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• | Publication Date: Aug 25, 2022
• | Country of Publication: United Kingdom
• | Number of Pages: 377 pages
• | Language: Unknown
• | Binding: Hardback
• | ISBN-10: 1108838235
• | ISBN-13: 9781108838238