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Title: | Ambaca Society and the Slave Trade c. 1760-1845 |
Author: | Vansina, Jan |
Year: | 2005 |
Periodical: | The Journal of African History |
Volume: | 46 |
Issue: | 1 |
Period: | March |
Pages: | 1-27 |
Language: | English |
Geographic term: | Angola |
Subjects: | social structure Mbundu slave trade Peoples of Africa (Ethnic Groups) History and Exploration Labor and Employment |
External link: | https://www.jstor.org/stable/4100827 |
Abstract: | The slave trade in Angola, specifically in the district of Ambaca, transformed the social organization of its inhabitants at the grassroots level by introducing an ever increasing quantity of coveted commodities and by providing credit in counterpart for pawnship. The trade provoked both the emergence of a new structure, the corporate matrilineage and the apparition of a new elite, when colonial chiefs coopted their commercial rivals, including local leaders who had efficiently used the assets of their corporate matrilineages to further their individual ambitions. To assess the impact of the slave trade, the author compares what is known about Ambundu social organization by the middle of the seventeenth century with the known situation after the 1750s. Notes, ref., sum. [Journal abstract] |