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Treatise on slavery : selections from De instauranda Aethiopum salute /

In De instauranda Aethiopum salute (1627), the earliest known book-length study of African slavery in the colonial Americas, Jesuit priest Alonso de Sandoval described dozens of African ethnicities, their languages and their beliefs, and provided an exposé of the abuse of slaves in the Americas.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Sandoval, Alonso de, 1576-1652
Other Authors: Germeten, Nicole von
Format: Book
Language:English
Language Notes:Translated from the Spanish.
Published: Indianapolis : Hackett Publishing Company, [2008]
Subjects:
Blacks > Missions.
Jesuits > Missions.
Slavery and the church > Catholic Church.
Blacks > Missions > Latin America.
Jesuits > Missions > Latin America.
Slavery and the church > Latin America.
Online Access:Table of contents
Description
Summary:In De instauranda Aethiopum salute (1627), the earliest known book-length study of African slavery in the colonial Americas, Jesuit priest Alonso de Sandoval described dozens of African ethnicities, their languages and their beliefs, and provided an exposé of the abuse of slaves in the Americas.
Physical Description:xxxi, 206 pages : map ; 23 cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 197-200) and index.
ISBN:9780872209299
0872209296
9780872209305
087220930X