Slave Trade and Abolition

Vanessa S. Oliveira is an assistant professor of African history at the Royal Military College of Canada and the coeditor of Slavery, Memory, and Citizenship.

"In describing women's urban work in relation to food production, land ownership, legal issues regarding marriage and inheritance, and the shift from the international slave trade to 'legitimate' trade while continuing to rely on slave labor, Oliveira brings new insights to African history with her focus on nineteenth-century Luanda."--Kathleen Sheldon, University of California, Los Angeles "Well researched and organized, this is a major social and economic study on Luanda's past. Oliveira examines new sources and convincingly demonstrates the central role African women played in the social and economic organization of Luanda. Mandatory reading for those interested in urban slavery, slave trade, and African's urban past."--Mariana P. Candido, University of Notre Dame "An important reading for a gendered analysis of the agency of peoples from the global south in nineteenth-century global transformations. . . . From the individual experiences of the Donas and their production of beans, to Brazil's demand for enslaved people, this book connects powerful local transformations with global ones in nineteenth-century West Central Africa. It provides an encompassing overview of the experiences of the merchant elite in this process of transition."--Journal of Global Slavery