ONDE FRAGMENTOS DA ÁFRICA SE CRUZAM: O TRÁFICO DE AFRICANOS E O PORTO DE SALVADOR NO SÉCULO XVIII.

Salvador was the second largest port in the Americas in terms of the volume of enslaved disembarkation during the transatlantic slave trade Africans. This article intends to analyze how this port was organized in order to structure the slave trade, complying with the logistics, construction and maintenance of vessels, as well as the offer of specialized labor for the crews formed, above all, by enslaved and freed Africans. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]