Banca de QUALIFICAÇÃO: LEONARDO OLIVEIRA AMARAL
Uma banca de QUALIFICAÇÃO de DOUTORADO foi cadastrada pelo programa.STUDENT : LEONARDO OLIVEIRA AMARAL
DATE: 27/02/2025
TIME: 16:00
LOCAL: UFRPE
TITLE:
BETWEEN THE SLAVE TRADE AND THE PRODUCTION OF PRIMARY COMMODITIES: PORTUGUESE PERCEPTIONS IN THE FIRST HALF OF THE 19TH CENTURY
KEY WORDS:
History of Africa; Slave trade; Commodity Production; Abolition; Discourse.
PAGES: 125
BIG AREA: Ciências Humanas
AREA: História
SUBÁREA: História do Brasil
SPECIALTY: História do Brasil Colônia
SUMMARY:
Former governor of Angola (1807-1810), Antonio de Saldanha da Gama was an active Portuguese statesman in the decades that followed, being present in the diplomatic missions that led to the post-Napoleonic wars and witnessing, in first hand, the metropolitan clashes and disputes that occurred during the decades of 1820 and 1830. In 1814 he wrote his memory about the Portuguese overseas potentates in Africa, entitled “Memória sobre as colônias de Portugal, situadas na costa occidental d’Africa”. Like many authors from the period of abolitionist struggles, such as João Carlos Feo Torres, he describes the productive potential of these locations, especially Angola, praising the capabilities of their populations, as well as criticizes the activities that supported the slave trade, as detrimental to African development. Just two years later, in 1816, he produced another memoir, this time attacking the native African populations and defending enslavement as the only viable project for “civilizing” the continent, demonstrating how much the political agenda of these authors influenced their discourses about Africa. This thesis undertakes to analyze not only the production of primary articles and the slave trade described by Saldanha da Gama and other authors, but also the discourses produced about these activities and the communities that practiced them.
COMMITTEE MEMBERS:
Presidente - GUSTAVO ACIOLI LOPES
Interna - MARIA EMILIA VASCONCELOS DOS SANTOS
Interna - SUELY CREUSA CORDEIRO DE ALMEIDA
Externa à Instituição - MARIANA PINHO CANDIDO
Externa à Instituição - INGRID SILVA DE OLIVEIRA LEITE - UFJF