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As proposições de Antonio de Saldanha da Gama para a melhoria do tráfico de escravos, por questões humanitárias e econômicas, Rio de Janeiro, 1810
Fecha
2016-10-01Registro en:
Historia, Ciencias, Saude - Manguinhos, v. 23, n. 4, p. 1169-1189, 2016.
0104-5970
10.1590/s0104-59702016000400007
S0104-59702016000401169
2-s2.0-85007233191
S0104-59702016000401169.pdf
Autor
Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp)
Institución
Resumen
In 1808, Dom João VI issued an edict which regulated the shipping and treatment of slaves on the transatlantic crossing from Africa. Two years later, Antonio de Saldanha da Gama, a member of the Treasury Council, drafted a letter discussing some points of the resolution. This key figure in the Portuguese administration of Brazil argued that his respectful considerations concerning the determinations of His Royal Highness were designed to improve them for humanitarian and economic reasons. Safeguarded in the archives of Arquivo Histórico Ultramarino, this letter is transcribed, annotated, and contextualized here, supplying an interesting perspective on the prevailing concerns and justifications about the trafficking of African slaves to Brazil.