Abstract
This article explores the nature of the European slave trade on the West African coast in the early 18th Century. Due to the transnational character of this commerce in human beings, all attempts to regulate the market proved impossible. This is especially clear in the case of the short-lived Corisco Company ; this company, run by a Frenchman and backed by the Portuguese Crown, was unable to compete with Dutch military strength and Brazilian commercial power. The failure of both Dutch company officials and Portuguese authorities to regulate the trade demonstrated the strength of market forces beyond official control.
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