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Dutch Slave Trade, 1500-1850 : European Expansion and Global Interaction - Pieter C Emmer

Dutch Slave Trade, 1500-1850

By: Pieter C Emmer

Hardcover | 1 January 2006

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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.

Industry Reviews

"[Emmer offers] a compelling and well researched story of the relationship between power and greed in shaping the dealings of the Dutch with the non-European world before 1850, and how this in turn shaped Dutch history...Emmer's account of the Dutch slave trade, and issues of moral conscience and national identity that underpin it, is likely to encourage yet more research and reflection among both scholars and others on how slavery was interwoven with the history of other European nations." - The International History Review

"...a succinct overview of the state of research on the Dutch Atlantic slave trade from its emergence in the early seventeenth century until its disappearance nearly two centuries later, as ell as a brief discussion of its moral implications." - Business History Review

"[This book] is to be highly recommended to anybody who is looking for brief and concise information on key aspects of the Dutch slave trade." - Vierteljahrschrift fur Sozial- und Wirtschaftsgeschichte

"This is a short book on what turns out to be a rather bigger subject than might have been expected from the title; not because the Dutch slave trade was so important, but because Emmer uses it as an entry to a wide range of issues concerning the Atlantic slave trade in general and its historiography...a triumph of concision... It is remarkable how much interesting material and controversial argument he has managed to pack into such a limited space. The translation by Chris Emery from the original Dutch text is clear and reads well." - Reviews in History

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