Traffic and slave ships

contribution of Nautical and Underwater Archeology

  • Gilson Rambelli Pós-Doutorando em Arqueologia pelo Núcleo de Estudos Estratégicos da Universidade Estadual de Campinas (Nee/Unicamp); Bolsista Fapesp; Diretor do Centro de Estudos de Arqueologia Náutica e Subaquática (Ceans), do Nepam/Unicamp; Membro efetivo do International Committee on Underwater Cultural Heritage (Icuch/Icomos). É membro do Conselho Consultivo desta Revista.
Keywords: Underwater Archaeology, Nautical Archaeology, Slave Ship

Abstract

The papers aims at contributing to producing a new approach, nautical and archaeological, on the maritime slave trade. It refers to a classic topic in international historiography, namely the African slave traffic to Brazil. It also aims at studying the wreck of a US slave ship, at Angra dos Reis, where it sunk in 1852. Through the study of material culture it will be possible to understand history as it is not written in history textbooks.

Published
2020-05-07
Issue
Vol 2 No 4 (2006): Revista Navigator
Section
Artigos