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The Dutch Slave Trade, 1500-1850 (Hardcover)
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The Dutch Slave Trade, 1500-1850 (Hardcover)
Series: European Expansion & Global Interaction
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Dutch historiography has traditionally concentrated on colonial
successes in Asia. However, the Dutch were also active in West
Africa, Brazil, New Netherland (the present state of New York) and
in the Caribbean. In Africa they took part in the gold and ivory
trade and finally also in the slave trade, something not widely
known outside academic circles. P.C. Emmer, one of the most
prominent experts in this field, tells the story of Dutch
involvement in the trade from the beginning of the 17th
century-much later than the Spaniards and the Portuguese-and goes
on to show how the trade shifted from Brazil to the Caribbean. He
explains how the purchase of slaves was organized in Africa,
records their dramatic transport across the Atlantic, and examines
how the sales machinery worked. Drawing on his prolonged study of
the Dutch Atlantic slave trade, he presents his subject clearly and
soberly, although never forgetting the tragedy hidden behind the
numbers - the dark side of the Dutch Golden Age -, which makes this
study not only informative but also very readable.
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