THE DUTCH IN THE ATLANTIC ECONOMY, 1580-1880 by Pieter Emmer ( 9780860786979 )

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Title:

THE DUTCH IN THE ATLANTIC ECONOMY, 1580-1880
TRADE, SLAVERY AND EMANCIPATION

By:

Pieter Emmer

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Hardback

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ISBN 10:

0860786978

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9780860786979

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Publisher:

TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD

Pub. date:

1 January, 1998

Series:

Variorum Collected Studies CS 614

Pages:

298

Description:

A survey of Dutch involvement in the Atlantic slave trade and slave system from the early 17th to the late 19th century. The book focuses on Dutch plantation colonies, Dutch participation in the illegal slave trade and the abolition of slavery in the Dutch West Indies.

Synopsis:

This volume provides the first survey in English of the Dutch involvement in the Atlantic slave trade and slave system. It covers the period from the origins of the trade and the Dutch conquest of part of Brazil in the early 17th century, to the abolition of slavery in the Dutch West Indies in the later 19th century. Individual chapters focus on the 'investment bubble' in the Dutch plantation colonies, Dutch participation in the illegal slave trade, and the effects of ameliorisation policies and then emancipation on the slaves of Suriname. Professor Emmer also highlights the particular characteristics of the Dutch West India Company - markedly different from the better-known East India Company - and the low-key nature of the debate on slave emancipation in The Netherlands.

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bibliography, index

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Variorum

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