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      Les États de l’Angola et la formation de Palmares (Brésil)

      Annales. Histoire, Sciences Sociales
      Cambridge University Press (CUP)

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          Au début du XVII e siècle, les esclaves en fuite créèrent les mocambos de Palmares et en firent un véritable État à l’intérieur du Brésil, gouverné par un roi et une classe dirigeante. Les historiens s’interrogent sur les origines de cet État, sur sa structure et ses institutions. Pourquoi un État hiérarchique ? La réponse est à chercher dans l’origine géographique des esclaves africains, dont beaucoup venaient d’Angola. Avant d’être réduits en esclavage, la plupart d’entre eux avaient été enrôlés dans les armées des États guerriers de la région et, selon John Thornton, c’est dans ces structures militaires que les esclaves sont allés chercher le modèle qui a conduit à l’élaboration d’une formation politique d’un type nouveau.

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          The runaway community of Palmares was the largest such community in the history of the Atlantic world. Unlike many runaway settlements, Palmares was quite ethnically homogeneous, most of its people coming from West Central Africa (Angola). After considerable growth during the Dutch occupation of Pernambuco (1630-1654) it took on the forms of a state, with leadership, social stratification and slavery. While some historians have looked to the organization of the Imbangala of Angola as the model for this state, this article argues that it was the military organization of the state, which was instrumental in the process of enslavement in Africa and necessary for defense of the community that provided the model and incentive to construct a state.

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                Journal
                Annales. Histoire, Sciences Sociales
                Annales
                Cambridge University Press (CUP)
                0395-2649
                1953-8146
                August 2008
                May 04 2017
                August 2008
                : 63
                : 4
                : 769-797
                Article
                10.1017/S0395264900025841
                a6e23f6b-a8a4-4351-89cd-cbebfbad82ff
                © 2008

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