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      Ardras, minas e jejes, ou escravos de "primeira reputação": políticas africanas, tráfico negreiro e identidade étnica na Bahia do século XVIII Translated title: Ardras, Jejes and Minas, or slaves of "first reputation": African Politics, Slave Trade and identity in Eighteenth-Century Salvador, Brazil

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          Resumo: Em 1715, um viajante francês comentou que Salvador parecia uma "nova Guiné", devido à diversidade de origem dos escravos. Malgrado essa diversidade, Salvador guardava uma alta concentração de africanos escravizados que compartilhavam origens similares. Estes escravos vinham principalmente do golfo do Benim, a segunda maior região escravista na África. O artigo visa discutir a presença dos falantes das línguas gbè (ardras, minas e jejes, principalmente) na Bahia durante o século XVIII. O trabalho de Luís Nicolau Parés, A formação do Candomblé, ilumina a presença de africanos da área gbè na Bahia setecentista. Ainda assim, há a necessidade de investigar as dinâmicas atlânticas que resultaram na deportação de gbè falantes para as Américas à luz de novas fontes. Ao explorar as conexões entre os eventos políticos no golfo do Benim e o tráfico baiano de escravos, o artigo também busca os números e origens dos exportados para a Bahia. Procuro combinar análises quantitativas acerca dos números do tráfico transatlântico de escravos, inventários post mortem e registros de batismo de modo a lançar luz sobre as vidas dos africanos ocidentais na Bahia do século XVIII.

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          Abstract: In 1715, a French observer commented that Salvador appeared to be a "New Guinea", due to the diversity of slave origins. However, in spite of this diversity, Salvador had a high concentration of enslaved Africans who shared similar origins. These slaves came primarily from the Bight of Benin, the second largest slaving region in Africa. The article aims to discuss the presence of gbe-speakers (ardras, minas and jejes, primarily) in Bahia in the eighteenth century. The work by Luís Nicolau Parés, A formação do candomblé, highlights the presence of Africans from the gbè-speaking area in eighteenth-century Bahia. Yet, it is necessary to investigate the Atlantic dynamics resulting in the deportation of gbe-speakers to the Americas on the light of new sources. In exploring the connections between the political events in the Bight of Benin and the Bahian slave trade, the article also seeks to discuss the numbers and origins of those exported to Bahia. I intend to combine quantitative analysis on the numbers of the transatlantic slave trade and the records in the probate and baptismal records in order to shed light on the lives of these West African groups in eighteenth-century Bahia.

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                Almanack
                Almanack
                Universidade Federal de São Paulo - UNIFESP
                2236-4633
                April 2016
                : 0
                : 12
                : 6-33
                Affiliations
                [1 ] The University of Hull United Kingdom
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                S2236-46332016000100006
                10.1590/2236-463320161202
                61dc0048-d274-4072-ac03-bcf314fdfa1c

                This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

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                HUMANITIES, MULTIDISCIPLINARY

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                Tráfico de escravos,Nações africanas,Gbè-falantes,Bahia,Golfo do Benim,Século XVIII,Slave Trade,African Nations,Gbè Speakers,Bight of Benin,Eighteenth Century

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