Author: Mantero, Francisco
Title: Manual Labour in S. Thome and Principe
Description: Lisbon, Annuario Commercial, 1910. orig.wrappers. 29x20cm, 183,(9),(75)pp.. 75pp photoplates. Minor rubbing,chip to the margin of last chart,light foxing,VG. ¶ Profusely illustrated [contains 75 single-side photoplates (3 folding) + 2 folding maps + 11 charts & graphs. Report defending native labor recruitment policy issued by Portuguese Sao Tome colony cacao plantation owners in response to charges of slavery contained in William Cadbury's " The Labourers of S. Thome & Principe" (1909 ). Contents: Brief Historical &Agricultural Notes; Conditions of Production & Labour at the Present Day; Centres Whence the Labourers Come; Engagement of Labourers; The English Campaign & the Economic Relations of S. Thome & Principe with the Metropolis; Conclusion; Mr. Cadbury's Book; The German Prince Alfred of Lowenstein; Questions & Answers Relative to Manual Labour in S. Thome & Principe; Sentence of the Vice-Admiralty Court of Freetown Absolving the Portuguese Brig 'Ovarense' from the Accusation of Slave-Dealing; Conference of November 28th 1907 Between Cadbury, Burtt & the Delegates of the Planters of S. Thome & Principe; Some Articles of Lieut-Col. Wyllie in Defense of Portugal; Excerpta from Two Letters from the Emigration Agent in Quilimane Addressed to the Company of the Island of Principe, & to the Colonial Agricultural Society.

Keywords: African Colonial History, Sao Tome, Principe Island, West Africa Colony, Portugal Colonies, Plantation Labor, Labour Policy, William Cadbury, Cacao Plantations, Portuguese Colonial