[Drop-head title:] Alvará para que se naõ levem negros dos pórtos do mar para terras, que naõ sejaõ dos Dominios Portuguezes. De 14. de Outubro de 1751.
[Lisbon?].
[s.n.], [1751].
Dimensions 200 x 300 mm.
Single sheet, printed on both sides. A trifle creased.
A rare survival of a mid-eighteenth century edict issued by King José I of Portugal forbidding traders to transport slaves from Portuguese seaports to colonial territories held by other nations.
The Portuguese slave trade experienced continual growth throughout the latter half of the eighteenth century, in particular from West African colony of Luanda, from which, between the issue of this edict in 1751 to 1760, an average of 10, 940 enslaved Africans were trafficked annually.
OCLC records copies at just three locations (BL, NYPL, and UoL); COPAC adds one further (Senate House).
£ 375.00
Antiquates Ref: 31219
The Portuguese slave trade experienced continual growth throughout the latter half of the eighteenth century, in particular from West African colony of Luanda, from which, between the issue of this edict in 1751 to 1760, an average of 10, 940 enslaved Africans were trafficked annually.
OCLC records copies at just three locations (BL, NYPL, and UoL); COPAC adds one further (Senate House).