Converging on Cannibals. Jared Staller

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      Converging on Cannibals

      Africa in World History

      SERIES EDITORS: DAVID ROBINSON, JOSEPH C. MILLER, AND TODD CLEVELAND

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       Converging on Cannibals: Terrors of Slaving in Atlantic Africa, 1509–1670

       Converging on Cannibals

       Terrors of Slaving in Atlantic Africa, 1509–1670

      Jared Staller

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       Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

      Names: Staller, Jared, 1982- author.

      Title: Converging on cannibals : terrors of slaving in Atlantic Africa, 1509-1670 / Jared Staller.

      Other titles: Africa in world history.

      Description: Athens, Ohio : Ohio University Press, 2019. | Series: Africa in world history | Includes bibliographical references and index.

      Identifiers: LCCN 2018045764| ISBN 9780821423523 (hc : alk. paper) | ISBN 9780821423530 (pb : alk. paper) | ISBN 9780821446607 (pdf)

      Subjects: LCSH: Cannibalism--Atlantic Coast (Africa)--History. | Slavery--Atlantic Coast (Africa)--History.

      Classification: LCC GN409 .S73 2019 | DDC 394/.90967--dc23

      LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2018045764

      For Iggy

      CONTENTS

       List of Illustrations

       Acknowledgments

       ONE: An Introduction to Cannibal Talk

       TWO: Angels of Deliverance, 1483–ca. 1543

       THREE: Phantoms of the Kongo, 1568–1591

       FOUR: Destroyers of Angola, 1600–1625

       FIVE: Queen of Cruelty, 1629–1655

       SIX: Preachers and Publicists, 1500–ca. 1670

       SEVEN: The Afterlife of the Jaga

       APPENDIX A: Research Methods

       APPENDIX B: Suggested Further Readings by Chapter and Topic

       APPENDIX C: Primary Source Excerpts

       Notes

       Bibliography

       Index

       Plates follow

      ILLUSTRATIONS

      Figure

       6.1. The “Jaga” text as printed in Purchas His Pilgrimage in 1613 and 1617

      Maps

       2.1. The Kongo composite in 1500

       4.1. West-central Africa with possible Imbangala migrations, ca. 1560–1620

       5.1. Njinga’s joint kingdom of Matamba and Ndongo at the height of her power, early 1640s

      Table

       5.1. Known and estimated slave exports from Luanda and west-central Africa, 1580–1670

      Plates

       1. Afonso I of Kongo’s coat of arms

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