Lourenço da Silva Mendonça and the Black Atlantic Abolitionist Movement in the Seventeenth Century (Cambridge Studies on the African Diaspora)

Cover
Half-title page
Series page
Title page
Copyright page
Contents
List of Figures
List of Tables
Acknowledgements
Introduction
	0.1 The Portuguese Empire Operation in Angola: Kings, Governors, Councils and Local Rulers
	0.2 Studies and Sources for Mendonça’s Work and Historical Context
	0.3 Methodology and Use of Sources
	0.4 Chapter Breakdown
1 The Municipal Council of Luanda and the Politics of the Portuguese Governors in Angola
	1.1 The Structure of the Luanda City Council
	1.2 Correia de Sousa, the Treachery and Seizing of Kazanze People, a vassal of Kongo
	1.3 Protests against Correia de Sousa’s Actions and the Illegal Sending of Kazanze People to Brazil
	1.4 Correia de Sousa’s Unjust War against Bumbi, Another Vassal of Kongo
	1.5 Antonio Bezerra Fajardo’s Investigation into Portuguese Crime in Angola and Kongo
	1.6 Correia de Sousa’s Unrest in the City of Luanda
	1.7 The Feud between Correia de Sousa and Álvares
	1.8 Kongolese Captives Return from Brazil (1623–1627)
	1.9 Concluding Remarks
2 Ndongo’s Political and Cultural Environment: Alliance, Internal Struggle, Puppeteering and Decline
	2.1 Ndongo’s Political, Social and Cultural Structures
	2.2 The Term ‘Slave’ in Ndongo Society
	2.3 King Philipe Hari I of Pungo-Andongo (1626–1664)
	2.4 Election of Philipe Hari I as Puppet King of Portugal
	2.5 The Introduction of Baculamento as a Tax System by Governor Fernão de Sousa
	2.6 Ngola João Hari II, King of Pungo-Andongo (1624–1671)
	2.7 Francisco de Távora ‘Cajanda’: Portuguese governor
of Luanda (1669–1676)
	2.8 João Hari II’s Claim of Independence from Portugal and the Destruction of Pungo-Andongo
	2.9 Concluding Remarks
3 The Journey of Mendonça: The Princes of Pungo-Andongo in Brazil
	3.1 The House of Ndongo: João Hari II and Diogo, the First Generation of Alliance Breakers
	3.2 The House of Pungo-Andongo’s Role and Former Loyalty to Portugal
	3.3 The Sending of the Ndongo Royals to Portugal and Brazil as Prisoners of War and Sá’s plans for Angola
	3.4 The Royals’ Experiences and Network in Brazil
	3.5 The Royals’ Experiences, the Sugar Plantation and Antonil’s Whistleblowing Work on the Treatment of the Enslaved Africans in Bahia
	3.6 The Quilombo dos Palmares and its Alliance with the Indigenous People
	3.7 The Quilombo dos Palmares, Cristovão de Burgos and the Royals of Ndongo
	3.8 The Quilombo dos Palmares and Father António Vieira
	3.9 Concluding Remarks
4 Mendonça’s Journey to Portugal and Spain, and the Network of the Hebrew Nation and Indigenous Americans
	4.1 The Ndongo Royals: From Brazil to Portugal and their Distribution to Different Monasteries
	4.2 Lourenço da Silva Mendonça in Vilar de Frades, Braga, c.1673–1677
	4.3 Mendonça and the Confraternity of Our Lady of Rosary of Black Men in Portugal
	4.4 Mendonça’s Network with New Christians in Portugal and the Indigenous Peruvians in Toledo, 1674–1681
	4.5 Concluding Remarks
5 Mendonça’s Discourse in the Vatican: Liberation as a Wider Atlantic Question
	5.1 African Voices of Protest Before Mendonça’s Discourse in the Vatican
	5.2 Mendonça’s Criminal Court Case Presentation in 1684
	5.3 Reactions to Mendonça’s Court Case
	5.4 Mendonça on Natural, Human, Divine and Civil Laws in His Closing Statement in 1668
	5.5 Mendonça’s Argument in His Court Case in 1684 and in His Closing Statement in 1686
	5.6 Concluding Remarks
6 Mendonça’s Quest for Abolition and the Tussle between the Portuguese Overseas Council and the House of Ndongo
	6.1 The Portuguese Overseas Council and the House of Ndongo
	6.2 The Portuguese Crown and Mendonça’s Impact at the Vatican
	6.3 Mendonça’s Tussle with the Portuguese Overseas Council
	6.4 Concluding Remarks
Conclusion
Bibliography
Index