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Cárdenas Sánchez, Iván Francisco. (2021). Slave ship archeology: African traffic between the XVII and XVIII centuries in Cartagena de Indias. Bol. Cient. CIOH, 40 (1). pp. 25-30. doi https://doi.org/10.26640/22159045.2021.560

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Abstract

This article focuses in a near look of the material culture of the slave ships in the colonial period, starting with an approach to the understanding of the social dynamics in the vessels and the context of the material objects present in the ships, thus this article will focus on a case study about the use of the Cartagena de Indias port in the slavery trade. This analysis allow us to identify that approximately 120.407 slaves arrived to the port in Cartagena de Indias, to be traded with in the well-known triangular slavery trade, showing the importance that this place had in the traffic of african people. This research opens the posibility of having future studies where it can be further analyzed the backgroud for both, the materiality of these contexts and the ships that shipwrecked in the coasts of Cartagena de indias.

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Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Barcos negreros. Esclavos. Comercio triangular. África. Naufragio
Geographical coverage :	Colombia. Cartagena de Indias
Depositing User:	Dirección General Marítima
ISSN:	2215-9045
Official URL:	https://ojs.dimar.mil.co/index.php/CIOH/article/vi...
Identification Number:	https://doi.org/10.26640/22159045.2021.560

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