From capture to sale the Portuguese slave trade to Spanish South America in the early seventeenth century - Newson, Linda A. 1946- (Brill, 2007)
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002
Includes bibliographical references (pages 337-355) and index
A bureaucratic business -- The acquisition of slaves -- Time on the coast -- The middle passage -- In the barracoons of Cartagena -- The final passage -- Slave doctors, surgeons and popular healers -- Medicines and mortality
Based on private papers of Portuguese slave traders, this book provides insight into the diet, health and medical care of slaves during their journey from Africa to Peru in the early seventeenth century. It is well illustrated and contains over thirty tables and seven appendices