{"product_id":"the-heretic-of-cacheu-crispina-peres-and-the-struggle-over-life-in-seventeenth-century-west-africa-hardcover","title":"The Heretic of Cacheu: Crispina Peres and the Struggle Over Life in Seventeenth-Century West Africa - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eToby Green\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTells the extraordinary story of seventeenth-century West African slave trader Crispina Peres to explore the shifting, sophisticated world in which she lived.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In 1665, Crispina Peres, the most powerful trader in the West African slave-trafficking port of Cacheu, was arrested by the Portuguese Inquisition. Her enemies had conspired to denounce her for taking treatments prescribed by Senegambian healers, the \u003ci\u003edjabakós\u003c\/i\u003e. But who was Peres? And why was the Inquisition so concerned with policing the faith of a West African woman in today's Guinea-Bissau? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In \u003ci\u003eThe Heretic of Cacheu\u003c\/i\u003e, award-winning historian Toby Green takes us to the heart of this conundrum, immersing us in the atmosphere of an otherwise distant setting. We learn how people in seventeenth-century Cacheu built their houses; styled their clothes; healed themselves from illness; and worshipped, worked, and played. Green renders the haunting realities of the growing slave trade and the rise of European empires in shocking detail. By the 1650s, the relationships between Europe, West Africa, and the Americas were already old and tangled, with slaving ports, colonies, and military bases having intermingled over many generations. But Cacheu also profoundly troubled this dynamic. It was globally connected to places ranging from China and India to Brazil and Colombia, and women such as Crispina Peres ran the town and challenged the patriarchy of empire. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e For the first time, through surviving documents recording Peres's case, \u003ci\u003eThe Heretic of Cacheu\u003c\/i\u003e lets readers experience the reality of this unique place and time through a remarkable act of historical recovery.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eToby Green\u003c\/b\u003e is professor of precolonial and Lusophone African history and culture at King's College, London. A fellow of the British Academy, he is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Rise of the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade in Western Africa, 1300-1589\u003c\/i\u003e and, most recently, \u003ci\u003eA Fistful of Shells\u003c\/i\u003e, also published by the University of Chicago Press. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 288\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.1 x 8.68 x 5.8 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 06, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51978267918637,"sku":"9780226844763","price":32.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/3185\/6429\/files\/H8fBX12bxE9780226844763.webp?v=1775801361","url":"https:\/\/ishookbooks.com\/products\/the-heretic-of-cacheu-crispina-peres-and-the-struggle-over-life-in-seventeenth-century-west-africa-hardcover","provider":"iShook Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}