The Mozambican enslaved in the destination of the Paquete São José: Maranhão, Brazil (1770-1835)

Summary

This is an abstract from the session entitled "The Uncovering of the World of the São José Paquete d’África, a Portuguese Slave Ship", at the 2023 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology.

This presentation is the Brazilian counterpart of trying to understand a specific route of the slave trade between Mozambique and the Brazilian Amazon, a route taken by the São José Paquete d’África. From this experience we can understand part of the diasporic process from Africa and specifically highlight the places of living in the destination region and their economic and social impact for the Maranhão region in the Amazon. We will try to understand the number of Mozambicans, their activities, genders, and age groups, and the percentage of Mozambicans among African identities in the region, based on handwritten documents between the years 1770 and 1835.

This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

• The Uncovering of the World of the São José Paquete d’África, a Portuguese Slave Ship   •
• Society for Historical Archaeology 2023

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