INTERESTS AND ACTIONS OF JOÃO FERNANDES VIEIRA AND ANDRÉ VIDAL DE NEGREIROS AGAINST THE STATE OF CONGO

SLAVE TRADE AND OTHER BUSINESSES FROM WEST CENTRAL AFRICA TO PERNAMBUCO (1658-1666)

Abstract

This article proposes to analyze the actions against the State of Congo, carried out by João Fernandes Vieira and André Vidal de Negreiros as governors of Angola, in the period from 1658 to 1666, having as main focus of attention the power relations, the military actions and the slave trade to Pernambuco. It is demonstrated, throughout this work, that the powers acquired, due to the prestige accumulated by the actions in Pernambuco, allowed them to act according to their interests, disregarding various aspects of the regiment for Angola, in a political game that involved ecclesiastics, regional and local sovereigns, the Portuguese aristocracy, and the Portuguese crown itself with the Overseas Council. To this end, analyzes were made from archival sources, such as documentation from the Overseas Historical Archive and the Monumenta Missionária Africana collection, in addition to chroniclers of the time.