..". a significant contribution to the vast and rich international
literature on abolitionism, its causes and consequences, main
events and historical processes. Well-informed and up-to-date in
relation to the most pressing debates on the abolition of slave
trade, ...the study provides a much-needed counterpoint (and
counterbalance) to an Anglocentric leaning that overwhelmingly
dominates this field of studies." . e-Journal of Portuguese History
"This book is the culmination of decades of careful research,
and assumes an important place on a historiographical pitch
steamrollered by an over-concentration on British perspectives." .
European History Quarterly
"This work elucidates, with clear prose and abundant evidence, a
new and important finding: the top slave trading nation of the
nineteenth century did not act only upon British will, but
developed its own antislavery attitudes within a nationalistic
context." . Enterprise & Society
"His is a uniquely authoritative voice on abolition in Portugal,
a far remove from the 'enlightened will of the masters'
approach...that long dominated the historiography. The book is a
spell-binding narrative with scholarship of the highest order.
Marques is to be congratulated on breaking the silence surrounding
the abolition of the slave trade of Portugal and bringing a
Portuguese voice t6o international debates on abolition." . The
International History Review
" Marques] offers an important contribution not only for those
interested in the Atlantic slave trade but also enriches generally
the transnationally or globally oriented historiography. " . H-Net,
Clio-online Portugal was the pioneer of the transatlantic slave
trade, the ruler of both Brazil and Angola - the all time champions
of that trade -, and one of the last western countries to decree
the abolition of slaving institutions. Paradoxically, and in spite
of the overwhelming number of works devoted to the problems of
slavery produced in recent decades, little was known about the way
Portugal dealt with the twilight of the age of slavery and, most of
all, with abolitionism. This book offers the first study of the
abolition of the Portuguese slave trade, covering the period from
the end of the eighteenth century to the mid-1860s, and bringing to
life a dark and silenced corner in the history of the odious
commerce. Based on a thorough examination of Portuguese and British
historical sources - most of them never used before -, and on his
awareness of the international scholarship in the field in which he
writes, it investigates not only the Portuguese pro and
anti-abolitionist attitudes but also the underlying ideologies, and
whether and how those attitudes and ideologies changed over time
and in the light of events in the political, economic and social
spheres.
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