Children of God's Fire: A Documentary History of Black Slavery in Brazil

by Robert Edgar Conrad

Book Overview

Contents

List of Illustrations xiii

Preface xv

Acknowledgments xxvii

Part I. "Men of Stone and of Iron" The African Slave Trade

1.1. The Beginnings of the Portuguese-African Slave Trade in the Fifteenth Century, as Described by the Chronicler Gomes Eannes de Azurara 5

1.2. The Enslavement Process in the Portuguese Dominions of King Philip...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0271013214
• ISBN13: 9780271013213
• Release Date: June 1994
• Publisher: Penn State University Press
• Length: 544 Pages
• Weight: 1.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"