French Policy towards Trading with African and Brazilian Slave Merchants, 1840–1853
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8978086 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Lawrence C Jennings (University of Ottawa, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1976 |
| Volume | 17 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 515-528 |
| Publication date | 1976-10-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Journal of African History (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0021-8537 • E-ISSN: 1469-5138 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0021853700015048 |
| OpenAlex | W2166034545 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
| References cited | 9 |
During the 1840s and early 1850s, when France was employing either the mutual right of search with Great Britain or independent naval squadrons to suppress direct French participation in the transatlantic slave trade, French governments condoned commercial relations between French traders and Brazilian or African slave dealers. As of 1840 French merchant vessels were involved in carrying goods destined for the slave trade from France or Brazil to slave stations on the African coast; at times these French freighters were even sold and transformed into Brazilian slavers on the African coast. On several occasions these actions were brought to the attention of the French foreign and colonial offices by concerned French officials in Africa or Brazil, but the governments of both the July Monarchy and the Second Republic consistently instructed their agents to employ only persuasive measures to discourage what they avowed to be indirect French participation in the slave trade. Despite their abolitionist sentiments, French statesmen like François Guizot came to the conclusion that it was impossible to prohibit French nationals from trading with slave merchants because such actions would interfere with the freedom of trade and adversely affect French maritime commerce. French merchants continued to co-operate closely with Brazilian slavers until Brazil abolished the slave trade in the early 1850s
Colonialism · Economic history · Economics · Economy · French · Gold coast · Monarchy · Political science · Politics · African history and culture studies · Colonialism, slavery, and trade · Global Maritime and Colonial Histories · History · Law
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| Unique citing works | 5 |
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| Citations per year | 0,11 |
| Citation span | 1979 - 2015 (37) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 5 |