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Record Nr.

UNISA996639666503316

Autore

Negrón Ramona

Titolo

The Dutch Transatlantic Slave Trade : New Methods, Perspectives, and Sources

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Amsterdam : , : Amsterdam University Press, , 2025

©2025

ISBN

1-04-078374-0

1-003-70589-8

90-485-6050-0

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (274 pages)

Collana

Slavery and Emancipation Series

Altri autori (Persone)

den OudstenJessica

de KoningCamilla

Fatah-BlackKarwan

Disciplina

382.4409492

Soggetti

HISTORY / Modern / 18th Century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Table of Contents -- Introduction: Sources Revisited and Perspectives Included -- Part I West Africa -- 1. A Versatile Island : The Role of São Tomé in the Slave Trade During the Period of WIC Occupation, 1641-1649 -- 2. Arming the Slave Trade : Evidence on the Gun-Slave Hypothesis from Dutch Slavers -- 3. The Slave Trade on the Return Voyage -- Part II At Sea -- 4. The Middle Passages of the Geertruyda & Christina (1783-1785) and Zeemercuur (1787-1789): A Comparison -- 5. The Significance of Shipboard Insurrections During the Slave Ship Captaincies of Jan Menkenveld and His Former Officers: David Mulders, Daniel Pruijmelaar and Willem de Molder, 1754-1767 -- 6. Rice, Barley and Beans : Extensity and Severity of Malnutrition in the Dutch Slave Trade -- Part III Conflict Management and Discourse -- 7. Guarding Security, Managing Risks : West African Bombas on Dutch Slave Ships -- 8. Business as Usual : Persisting Narratives of Commodification, Racialisation and Humanisation in the Archive of the MCC -- 9. Abolitionist Grandstanding : Resisting the Illegal Slave Trade in Nineteenth Century Suriname -- Epilogue. Tides of Remembrance: People, Nations, and Power Unlocked -- List of Figures -- List of



Illustrations -- List of Tables -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

In this book, a new generation of scholars offers fresh perspectives on the history of the Dutch slave trade. Traditionally, Dutch research has focused on business practices, often overlooking the enslaved and the complexities of illegal trade and violence. By experimenting with innovative methodologies and underutilised primary sources, this volume reveals the potential to uncover perspectives of enslaved people aboard slave ships, to investigate unstudied areas like sexual violence, and to examine the roles of Dutch elite in the trade.