Costa, Leonor Freire2011-04-112011-04-112004Costa, Leonor Freire. (2004) . "Merchant groups in the 17th-century Brazilian sugar trade! Reappraising old topics with new research insights". Electronic Journal of Portuguese History, Vol. 2, No. 1: pp. 1-12 . at http://www.brown.edu/Departments/Portuguese_Brazilian_Studies/ejph/index.html1645-6432http://hdl.handle.net/10400.5/3050This paper examines the role of the New Christians within Portuguese mercantile organizations during the early modern period. It stems from the case of the General Brazil Company, because the foundation of this enterprise provides an example of how the 17th-century Portuguese authorities dealt with New Christian issues, allowing for a survey of Portuguese historiography on the subject.engGeneral Brazil CompanyMerchant OrganizationInterest Group ActivitySugar TradeBrazil17th Centuryjournal article