Banca de DEFESA: LEONARDO OLIVEIRA AMARAL

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STUDENT : LEONARDO OLIVEIRA AMARAL
DATE: 23/09/2021
TIME: 16:00
LOCAL: Ambiente Virtual
TITLE:

TRAFFICKING AND TRADE: WEAPONS AND POWDER IN THE HILLS OF ANGOLA UNDER FOREIGN INFLUENCE (SECOND HALF OF THE 18th CENTURY)

KEY WORDS:

Angola, 18th century, smuggling weapons and gunpowder, Illustrated Reformism.

PAGES: 115
BIG AREA: Ciências Humanas
AREA: História
SUBÁREA: História Moderna e Contemporânea
SUMMARY:

When Sebastião José de Carvalho e Melo - later receiving the titles of Count of Oeiras and Marquês de Pombal - assumed the position of Secretary of State and Interior Affairs of the Kingdom in 1755, reforms began to take place in all territories under Portuguese influence, Angola did not was out of these reforms. According to the reformist speeches illustrated, the territory in Central-West Africa should produce more than slaves and sustain other forms of production, not only for self-sufficiency, but also to supply other demands of the Portuguese economy. The arms and gunpowder traffic was the subject of much debate among Portuguese administrators. Exposing the fragility of Portuguese control, they were often trafficked by European foreigners, but these were not the only ones to smuggle the products, since subordinates of the Crown - captains-mores, merchants and the military - did business on the sly with the local population. Prohibiting Portuguese vassals from using gunpowder and weapons as a bargaining chip with African groups weakened the influence and authority of these vassals, as well as opening up space for this demand for war products from African chiefs to be met by other European nations. In this dissertation we analyze the strategies of the authorities of the Portuguese Crown in controlling the arms and gunpowder trade in Central-West Africa in the disputes of influence and territories, during the second half of the 18th century.

BANKING MEMBERS:
Interna - 2146327 - FLAVIA MARIA DE CARVALHO
Externa à Instituição - IDALINA MARIA ALMEIDA DE FREITAS - PUC - SP
Externa à Instituição - INGRID SILVA DE OLIVEIRA LEITE - UFSJ