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Accepted Paper:

Slavery and "race" in Portugal  
Antonio De Almeida Mendes (CHAM)

Paper short abstract:

How can we evalue the impact of ethnic percepcions in a portuguese society where the idea slavery cohabited with the notion of citizenship until the end of the XIX century ? This paper aims to contribute to current debates on the specifity of the portuguese slavery in the European context.

Paper long abstract:

How did slavery evolve in Portugal after the laws of 1761 and 1773 promulgated by the Marquis of Pombal which marked the end of four centuries of atlantic slave trade ? How can we evalue the impact of ethnic percepcions in a portuguese society where the idea slavery cohabited with the notion of citizenship until the end of the XIX century ? These are some of the questions which will be discussed in this paper who aims to contribute to current debates on the specifity of the portuguese slavery in the European context.

Panel P081
Portuguese Jews and Africans within a connected world: can we speak of 'racial thought' with regard to late 16th and early 17th-century Guiné do Cabo Verde & Amsterdam?
  Session 1