Table of Contents

List of plates; List of maps; List of tables; Preface; List of abbreviations; Introduction; 1. The slave-trade; 2. Legal and philosophical justifications of the slave-trade; 3. The demography of blacks in Portugal; 4. The occupations of slaves; 5. The life of the slave; 6. Slaves and the law; 7. Fugitives, freedom and freedmen; 8. Blacks and Christianity; 9. Race relations; Conclusions; Notes; Bibliography; Glossary; Index.

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This book is a detailed study of black slavery in Portugal during the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries.