Archival Workshop – SLAFNET
Slavery and Slave Trade Research in the Portuguese Archives: The Indian Ocean1
Center of History School of Arts and Humanities of the University of Lisbon.
17th – 20th July 2018
Front row L to R : Vijaya Teelock, Eugenia Rodriques, Jayshree Mungur-Medhi, Stephanie Tamby Back row L to R : Vitor Luis Gaspar Rodriques, Augusto Nascimento, Stephan Karghoo, Luis Frederico Dias Antunes, Hermenegildo Fernandes, Jose Damiao Rodrigues, arlos Almeida , Ashikoye Okoko
Hermenegildo Fernandes, Director Center for History University of Lisbon, giving the welcome address.
Jose Damiao Rodrigues giving introductory remarks on African Slavery Research, Archives and Collections.
Portuguese sources on slavery in Mozambique, 16 th – 19 th centuries presented by Eugenia Rodrigues
Luis Frederico Dias Antunes presenting about East Africa and the River Plate: slaves and silver business in Portuguese records.
Vitor Luis Gaspar Rodrigues presents about ‘Researching the slave trade and forced labor migration’
Visit at the Library of the School of Arts and Humanities, University of Lisbon
Guided tour inside the library
Top & Bottom: At the Diplomatic Historical Archive
Top & Bottom: Some of the Archival documents about the Indian Ocean trade on display at the Overseas Historical Archive
1This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement no. 734596