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freely exploiting dt every opportunity. The missionaries, just as today, were big masters who accumulated properties and many slaves, whom they sold to the feudal lords and masters. They had an exploitation system which consisted in plantations equal to those of today. In all parts of the Monomctapa Kingdom, soldiers, missionaries and traders could be seen actively plotting and planning against the Africans' land, resources and population The Portuguese population rose to 1.000 men, a number that has never been i overpassed until the twentieth century. The kings of Portugal esily forgot the leesson. The men of Vasco Homen wanted to dominate every aspect of trade as well as the African people. In the nineteenth century a great number of Portuguese missionaries and feudal lords wanted to impose their laws upon the African leaders and chiefs. The Portuguese began their new policy of demanding more cheap labourers or slaves for plantations. The number of conflicts increased considerably in the region of the Zambezi. King Monomotapa was by then converted into a christian and therefore easily exploited. The vandals disseminated the seeds of misunderstanding with the neighbouring chiefs through the king, and thus, through tribal disputes, they dominated the whole Zambezi. The main reason of these disputes was the refusal of the other chiefs to be baptized. It was a great struggle, known in history as the dispute of 1628. With the death of King Monomotapa, the lackey of the Portuguese, his son Manuza acceded to the throne in 1628 Hostile as he was to the Portuguese colonialists, he immediately declared war against the Portuguese ostentation and Interferences in the affairs of the state. After various attacks, the Portuguese garrison surrendered and retreated to the island of Mozambique leaving the new kin g in peace. The retreat of the colonialists did not last long, for, through some christian members of the royal family, the Portuguese were finally able to succeed in convincing the king to also become a christian. The- king was baptized as Filipe, having solemnly promised vassalage to the King of Portugal, to the Dominican missionaries, settlers and traders of Zambezi, giving them everything they wanted. This was the first time in the history of Mozambique the Portuguese succeeded to maintain a brief domination over a great part of. the Macalanga peoples. King Filipe s first practical defeat was to consent to the slave traffic in the plantations owned by the missionaries .and feudals. However, this government of the lackeys did not last long. In 1688 the Macalangas declared war on the Portuguese. These fights went on for many years. The African population, scattered and demoralized by the long wars; lost and fell once more prey into the hands of the colonialists. < In 1752 the colonial administration was no longer dependent of Goa Thus, the first Governor General of Mozambique Francisco de Melo Castro was appointed. This colonialist government accentuated the slave trade. It is caT- culated that from 1780 to 18OO, more than 15,000 slaves were expatriated yearly to America, a number which rose to 25,000 until about the year 1850. Minister Sa de Bandeira's law in ISI'6 abolishing slavery found no support in Mozambique. Contrarily, the slave traffic was accelerated until 1840 when the British strongly intervened and exercised pressures against the Portuguese Government. 7 • —
Object Description
Title | The UDENAMO at United Nations, 1963 Nov. 7 |
Description | On the 7 th November, 1963, a UDENAMO delegation appeared as petitioners before the fourth (Trusteeship and non-self governing territories) Committee of the General Assembly of the United Nations, New York, to present the case of the Mozambique people to this world body. The members of the delegation were Mr David J. M. Mabunda, Vice President of the Mozambique National Democratic Union (UDENAMO) and Mr John Z. Sakupwanya, UDENAMO representative in the Americas and a student in the U. S. A. The document is a full text of the petition submitted by the UDENAMO delegation. |
Subject (lcsh) |
Nationalism -- Mozambique Self-determination, National Mozambique -- History Portugal -- Politics and government -- 1933-1974 |
Geographic Subject (Country) | Mozambique |
Geographic Subject (Continent) | Africa |
Geographic Coordinates | -18.6696821,35.5273410 |
Coverage date | 1498/1963-11-07 |
Creator | The National Democratic Union of Mozambique (UDENAMO) |
Publisher (of the Original Version) | The National Democratic Union of Mozambique (UDENAMO) |
Place of Publication (of the Origianal Version) | Zamalek, Cairo |
Publisher (of the Digital Version) | University of Southern California. Libraries |
Date created | ca. 1963-11 |
Date issued | ca. 1963-11 |
Type |
texts images |
Format | 23 p. |
Format (aat) | petitions |
Language | English |
Contributing entity | University of Southern California |
Part of collection | Emerging Nationalism in Portuguese Africa, 1959-1965 |
Part of subcollection | Mozambique Collection |
Rights | The University of Southern California has licensed the rights to this material from the Aluka initiative of Ithaka Harbors, Inc., a non-profit Delaware corporation whose address is 151 East 61st Street, New York, NY 10021 |
Physical access | Original archive is at the Boeckmann Center for Iberian and Latin American Studies. Send requests to address or e-mail given. Phone (213) 821-2366; fax (213) 740-2343. |
Repository Name | USC Libraries Special Collections |
Repository Address | Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189 |
Repository Email | specol@usc.edu |
Filename | CENPA-286 |
Description
Title | CENPA-286~08 |
Filename | CENPA-286~08.tiff |
Full text | freely exploiting dt every opportunity. The missionaries, just as today, were big masters who accumulated properties and many slaves, whom they sold to the feudal lords and masters. They had an exploitation system which consisted in plantations equal to those of today. In all parts of the Monomctapa Kingdom, soldiers, missionaries and traders could be seen actively plotting and planning against the Africans' land, resources and population The Portuguese population rose to 1.000 men, a number that has never been i overpassed until the twentieth century. The kings of Portugal esily forgot the leesson. The men of Vasco Homen wanted to dominate every aspect of trade as well as the African people. In the nineteenth century a great number of Portuguese missionaries and feudal lords wanted to impose their laws upon the African leaders and chiefs. The Portuguese began their new policy of demanding more cheap labourers or slaves for plantations. The number of conflicts increased considerably in the region of the Zambezi. King Monomotapa was by then converted into a christian and therefore easily exploited. The vandals disseminated the seeds of misunderstanding with the neighbouring chiefs through the king, and thus, through tribal disputes, they dominated the whole Zambezi. The main reason of these disputes was the refusal of the other chiefs to be baptized. It was a great struggle, known in history as the dispute of 1628. With the death of King Monomotapa, the lackey of the Portuguese, his son Manuza acceded to the throne in 1628 Hostile as he was to the Portuguese colonialists, he immediately declared war against the Portuguese ostentation and Interferences in the affairs of the state. After various attacks, the Portuguese garrison surrendered and retreated to the island of Mozambique leaving the new kin g in peace. The retreat of the colonialists did not last long, for, through some christian members of the royal family, the Portuguese were finally able to succeed in convincing the king to also become a christian. The- king was baptized as Filipe, having solemnly promised vassalage to the King of Portugal, to the Dominican missionaries, settlers and traders of Zambezi, giving them everything they wanted. This was the first time in the history of Mozambique the Portuguese succeeded to maintain a brief domination over a great part of. the Macalanga peoples. King Filipe s first practical defeat was to consent to the slave traffic in the plantations owned by the missionaries .and feudals. However, this government of the lackeys did not last long. In 1688 the Macalangas declared war on the Portuguese. These fights went on for many years. The African population, scattered and demoralized by the long wars; lost and fell once more prey into the hands of the colonialists. < In 1752 the colonial administration was no longer dependent of Goa Thus, the first Governor General of Mozambique Francisco de Melo Castro was appointed. This colonialist government accentuated the slave trade. It is caT- culated that from 1780 to 18OO, more than 15,000 slaves were expatriated yearly to America, a number which rose to 25,000 until about the year 1850. Minister Sa de Bandeira's law in ISI'6 abolishing slavery found no support in Mozambique. Contrarily, the slave traffic was accelerated until 1840 when the British strongly intervened and exercised pressures against the Portuguese Government. 7 • — |
Archival file | Volume18/CENPA-286~08.tiff |