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CARREIRA (António). CABO VERDE. Formação e Extinção de uma Sociedade Escravocrata (1460-1878). Porto. 1972. - CARREIRA (António) CABO VERDE. Formação e Extinção de uma Sociedade Escravocrata (1460-1878) . Porto: Centro de Estudos da Guiné Portuguesa, 1972. 580 pp.: il.; 235 mm. First edition. This study analyzes the formation and extinction of a slave-based colonial society in Cape Verde between 1460, the date of the settlement of the first islands, and 1878, examining the social, economic, and demographic structure of the archipelago: the role of Santiago and the other islands as an entrepôt for the Atlantic slave trade, agricultural exploitation based on slave labor, the land ownership structure and entailed estates, and the processes that led to the abolition of slavery. Rare. ⚑ Auto-translated via Google Translate