The historiography of slavery and abolitionism - José Lingna Nafafé, Lourenço da Silva Mendonça and the Black Atlantic Abolitionist Movement in the Seventeenth Century. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press (hb £50 – 978 1 108 83823 8; pb £25.99 – 978 1 009 57372 6). 2022, 468 pp.

Key Points

• The aim is to explore the historiography surrounding slavery and abolitionism, focusing on key figures and movements.
• Analytical review of literature on slavery and abolitionism
• Examination of key figures such as José Lingna Nafafé and Lourenço da Silva Mendonça
• Contextual analysis of the Black Atlantic movement in the seventeenth century
• Identifies contributions of Nafafé and Mendonça to abolitionist thought.
• Highlights the influence of the Black Atlantic context on abolitionist activities.
• Shows how seventeenth-century events shaped modern abolitionist discourse.

Abstract