Child Slaves and Freemen at the Spiritan Mission in Soyo, 1880-1885
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6079213 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jelmer Vos (0000-0002-0468-9082, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA, USA,, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2010 |
| Volume | 35 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 71-90 |
| Publication date | 2010-01-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Family History (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0363-1990 • E-ISSN: 1552-5473 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0363199009348285 |
| PMID | 20099406 |
| OpenAlex | W2083107598 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 6 |
| References cited | 14 |
Catholic missionaries in late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century Africa more commonly than Protestants purchased slaves to build their mission stations. This article provides a micro-historical analysis of the redemption of child slaves by the Holy Ghost Fathers in Soyo, West Central Africa, in the years immediately preceding the colonial partition of Africa. It argues that the Spiritan missionaries liberated slaves for instrumental rather than humanitarian reasons. As local freemen were difficult to control, the mission depended for its growth on the import of slave children. Furthermore, since the missionaries operated on the same markets and paid the same prices for slaves as regular buyers, their purchasing practices showed a strong resemblance with ordinary slave trading
Ancient history · Archaeology · Colonialism · Economic history · Economics · Economy · Partition (number theory · Political science · Purchasing · African history and culture studies · African Sexualities and LGBTQ+ Issues · Colonialism, slavery, and trade · History
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| Citations per year | 0.4 |
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| Citation span | 2011 - 2020 (10) |
| Highly cited | No |