The slave-trading accounts of Manoel Batista Peres, 1613–1619: Double-entry bookkeeping in cloth money

Newson, Linda A.

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“…Just as physical characteristics of the self's body, such as, skin, height, beauty and fitness are important for social rank, the same analogy applies to stipulate different social class between slaves and free men. This inequality which was shaped by the legacy of colonialism and racial exploitation of labour made the slave self like commodity (or inventory see, Barney and Flesher, 1994;Newson, 2013).…”

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Self-correction, control and accountability in the ancient Melaka Kingdom (1401–1511 AD)

Mustafa

Ibrahim²

2023

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PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to study the governance structure in the ancient Melaka Kingdom (1401–1511 AD) using historical Hukum Kanun Melaka (the Land Law) and Undang-Undang Laut Melaka (the Maritime Law). The focus is on self-correction, control and accountability that were used to preserve the peace and well-being of society and the overall harmony of the community during the period.Design/methodology/approachThe study employs close readings to discover and identify implicit formal and thematic elements of the texts into a meaningful enactment. The study is based on historical archival research at the National Archives of Malaysia and at the National Library of Malaysia.FindingsThough classical, the underlying accounting practices were shown to consummate in an articulated model of measurement activities based on specific proportion of gold in tahil measurement, used for slaves, free men and stolen animal and property value. Controls were established through punishment and penalty. Accountability functioned in different levels and degrees hierarchically and horizontally.Research limitations/implicationsThe study excludes the improved sections of the laws that are based on the Islamic perspective. The discussion is limited to the indigenous adat sections of laws only although the sections may inseparable with the Hindu/Buddhist tradition.Originality/valueA study of these classical laws would be a reference for accounting publication in the Malay world which has been stationed in the gallery for many years, awaiting discovery.

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“…This inequality which was shaped by the legacy of colonialism and racial exploitation of labour made the slave self like commodity (or inventory – see, Barney and Flesher, 1994; Fleischman et al. , 2004; Newson, 2013).…”

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Self-correction, control and accountability in the ancient Melaka Kingdom (1401–1511 AD)

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2023

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“…It is also essential Menz, 2008, 2019. For textiles in an earlier time in Guinea, see, Vogt, 1975;Torrão, 2001b, andNewson, 2013, among many others. 15 Lopes and Menz, 2019, p. 111.…”

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Managing the Slave Trade: the Accounts of the Angola Contract between 1597-1600

Fernández Chaves

2023

Cult. Hist. Digit. J.

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This article analyses the management of the 1594-1600 Angola Contract signed by the Portuguese merchants João Nunes Correia, Manuel Fernandes Anjo, and André Lopes Pinto, which regulated the extraction of slaves to America and the taxation system applied. Our current knowledge of such contracts is superficial, particularly for the 16th century, and even more so is our understanding of the management and the accounts of these agreements, which have not been preserved. The documents pertaining to litigation between the contractors and their handler in Angola, the accounts of which are partially preserved for the years between 1597 and 1600 in the Historical Protocols Archive in Madrid, enable us to gain a better understanding of the working of the Contract.

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“…Some of them may have obtained an income by buying and selling imported fabrics, which were significant commodities in Cartagena's Atlantic trade. 46 Textiles themselves were used as currency and as a means to accumulate wealth in the trade in African captives to Spanish South America (Newson 2013). 47 In addition to taffeta, ruán, and perpetuán, Teodora de Salcedo, for instance, also owned two pieces of blue 'Guinea cloth,' presumably the European or Indian fabric used in the trade on the West African coast.…”

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Fragile fortunes: Afrodescendant women, witchcraft, and the remaking of urban Cartagena

Campo

2021

Colonial Latin American Review

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On the evening of 6 September 1632, Inquisition officials arrested Teodora de Salcedo, a formerly enslaved woman, in Cartagena de Indias. That same night, they took a detailed inventory of her possessions: 'Firstly,' they wrote, 'a wooden house roofed with tiles' located in the neighborhood of Los Jagüeyes. Perhaps with Teodora de Salcedo still in the room, the officials continued to list all of her belongings. These included textiles, jewelry, religious objects, cooking and dining wares, furniture, paintings, personal care objects, foodstuffs, and 'some papers,' such as the title to her house. Some of the objects that Teodora de Salcedo had within her house at the time of her arrest reflected Cartagena's connections to Atlantic and Pacific trade networks. The officials noted wooden plates from Japan, two pieces of 'blue Guinea cloth,' a vicuña hat, a small box from Flanders, and several European textiles. 1 In the subsequent months, Inquisition officials drew similar inventories of the property of fifteen African and Afrodescendant women and seized it for the duration of the women's trial for suspected witchcraft. In addition to real estate, household objects, clothing, and jewelry, these inventories also include enslaved people and some of the women's own freedom papers. In 1634, the Holy Office declared the women guilty and imposed a range of punishments that included permanent confiscation of all their property. The tribunal then auctioned off the houses, the enslaved persons, and the remaining possessions to eager Cartagena residents of all ranks. 2 The majority of the original faith trial records from the Inquisition of Cartagena have not survived. Faced with the absence of such records, historians have worked with the annual summaries (relaciones de causa) that Cartagena inquisitors submitted to Madrid, and with the rare faith trial records that local inquisitors submitted to their superiors as copies. Nonetheless, the existing summaries have been a rich source for scholars of witchcraft, sorcery, knowledge production, gender, and sexuality in Cartagena. Nicole von Germeten (2013) has studied these women's expressions of sexuality through their 'confessions' to the Inquisition and through their self-fashioning as suggested by the existing faith trials, summaries, and some of the clothes and jewelry in the confiscation inventories. 3

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The slave-trading accounts of Manoel Batista Peres, 1613–1619: Double-entry bookkeeping in cloth money

Cited by 10 publications

References 82 publications

Self-correction, control and accountability in the ancient Melaka Kingdom (1401–1511 AD)

Self-correction, control and accountability in the ancient Melaka Kingdom (1401–1511 AD)

Managing the Slave Trade: the Accounts of the Angola Contract between 1597-1600

Fragile fortunes: Afrodescendant women, witchcraft, and the remaking of urban Cartagena

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