Roquinaldo Ferreira | Worlds of Unfreedom: West Central Africa (and Brazil) in the Era of Abolition

In Worlds of Unfreedom, Roquinaldo Ferreira recasts West Central Africa as a key battleground in the struggle to abolish the transatlantic slave trade between the 1830s and the 1860s. Ferreira foregrounds the experiences and agency of enslaved Africans, challenging Eurocentric narratives that marginalize African participation in abolition efforts. Drawing on extensive archival research across multiple continents, he shows how enslaved people actively resisted the oppressive systems that sought to commodify their lives. --- Event Details: https://my.princeton.edu/rsvp?id=1970874