Contents List of Illustrations xiii Preface xv Acknowledgments xxvii Part I. "Men of Stone and of Iron" The African Slave Trade 1.1. The Beginnings of the Portuguese-African Slave Trade in the Fifteenth Century, as Described by the Chronicler Gomes Eannes de Azurara 5 1.2. The Enslavement Process in the Portuguese Dominions of King Philip...