Banca de QUALIFICAÇÃO: JÉSSIKA DE SOUZA CABRAL CORRÊA

Uma banca de QUALIFICAÇÃO de DOUTORADO foi cadastrada pelo programa.
STUDENT : JÉSSIKA DE SOUZA CABRAL CORRÊA
DATE: 11/04/2022
TIME: 17:00
LOCAL: videoconferência
TITLE:

Immigrants and slave traders: commercial networks in the ports of Salvador and Cartagena das Indies in the 17th century

KEY WORDS:

Economic History; History of Colonial Latin America; Mercantile Networks; merchants; Business; Connected History;

PAGES: 170
BIG AREA: Ciências Humanas
AREA: História
SUMMARY:

This work investigates the commercial networks formed by businessmen in the ports of
Salvador (Bahia) and Cartagena das Indias (New Kingdom of Granada), between the
years 1600 to 1700. We will identify who they were, what positions they occupied, how
was the dynamics of functioning of the group, what strategies they adopted in periods of
conflicts and embargoes, how resources and capital circulated among the members, in
which segments they operated (sugar, tobacco or/and slaves), what was the degree of
interaction and kinship between them, and finally, what was the geographic reach of its
operations.

We hypothesized the existence of an articulated nucleus that alternated its interests
between the coast of Brazil and the Caribbean Sea, especially after 1640 with a decrease
in the demand for African labor in the city of Cartagena, a direct consequence of the crisis
of the mining complex of Potosi. , causing an impact on the main ports of the West Indies,
with a possible reallocation of resources to places with greater economic potential, such as
Bahia and/or Rio de Janeiro.
For this work, we research for remnants of operations in records of various natures, such
as customs manuscripts, private account books, records of the Holy Office Courts, bills of
exchange, bills of lading of ship captains, etc. We adopted the approach of connected
history, therefore ignoring colonial borders and breaking with traditional views that limit
commerce and its agents to the borders of current national states.

BANKING MEMBERS:
Externo à Instituição - HERBERT S KLEIN - OUTRO
Presidente - 1544079 - ROBERTO GUEDES FERREIRA
Externo à Instituição - STUART BARRY SCHWARTZ - OUTRO
Externo à Instituição - THIAGO NASCIMENTO KRAUSE - UNIRIO