African Kings and Black Slaves

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: Bennett, Herman L. (Herman Lee), author.

Title: African kings and black slaves: sovereignty and dispossession in the early modern Atlantic / Herman L. Bennett.

Other titles: Early modern Americas.

Description: 1st edition. | Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, [2019] | Series: The early modern Americas | Includes bibliographical references and index.

Identifiers: LCCN 2018015360| ISBN 9780812250633 (hardcover: alk. paper)

Subjects: LCSH: Slave trade—Political aspects—Atlantic Ocean Region—History—15th century. | Slave trade—Political aspects—Atlantic Ocean Region—History—16th century. | Africa, West—Relations—Portugal—History—15th century. | Africa, West—Relations—Portugal—History—16th century. | Portugal—Relations—Africa, West—History—15th century. | Portugal—Relations—Africa, West—History—16th century. | Power (Social sciences)—Africa, West—History—15th century. | Power (Social sciences)—Africa, West—History—16th century. | Power (Social sciences)—Portugal—History—15th century. | Power (Social sciences)—Portugal—History—16th century.

Classification: LCC HT1331.B46 2019 | DDC 306.3/62091821—dc23

LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2018015360