Paper short abstract:

Through the historiography, chronicles and reports of Portuguese subjects, this communication aims to analyze the importance of warfare in African societies, relating them to forms of enslavement.

Paper long abstract:

Through the historiography, chronicles and reports of Portuguese subjects, this communication aims to analyze the importance of warfare in African societies, relating them to forms of enslavement. If wars between Africans influenced the enslavement, it is necessary to analyze the internal and historical dynamics of Africa to understand the factors that predisposed African societies to produce, maintain or sell slaves.

With the presence of Portuguese subjects, warfare of conquest became a common practice in the region, and conflicts between locals emerged.

Authorities were used to gain greater benefits for the mercantile agents. Wars yielded slaves, territorial dominance and greater administrative influence.

The existence of conflicts in the interior of Angola indicates that the warfare frontier was not yet closed in the eighteenth century, making it necessary to map the wars and campaigns that were taking place in the hinterland of Angola. Also the analysis of the warfare in the hinterland of Angola will allow to know the participation of the Africans in the "Portuguese" military campaigns.