Portuguese slave trade in the Americas

Vos, J. and Kananoja, K. (2013) Portuguese slave trade in the Americas. In: Ness, I. (ed.) Encyclopedia of Global Human Migration. Wiley-Blackwell: Hoboken, NJ. ISBN 9781444334890 (doi: 10.1002/9781444351071.wbeghm421)

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Abstract

Between the early 1500s and the effective abolition of the Atlantic slave trade in the 1860s, Portuguese and Brazilian vessels carried more than five million slaves to the Americas.

Item Type:Book Sections (Encyclopaedia entry)
Status:Published
Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID:Vos, Dr Jelmer
Authors: Vos, J., and Kananoja, K.
College/School:College of Arts & Humanities > School of Humanities > History
Publisher:Wiley-Blackwell
ISBN:9781444334890

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