ebooks Military and Naval Recognition Book: A Handbook on the Organization; Insignia of Rank; and Customs o by Joel William Bunkley in History

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This book traces the history and development of the port of Benguela; the third largest port of slave embarkation on the coast of Africa; from the early seventeenth to the mid-nineteenth century. Benguela; located on the central coast of present-day Angola; was founded by the Portuguese in the early seventeenth century. In discussing the impact of the trans-Atlantic slave trade on African societies; Mariana P. Candido explores the formation of new elites; the collapse of old states; and the emergence of new states. Placing Benguela in an Atlantic perspective; this study shows how events in the Caribbean and Brazil affected social and political changes on the African coast. This book emphasizes the importance of the South Atlantic as a space for the circulation of people; ideas; and crops.