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The Dutch in the Atlantic Economy, 1580-1880: Trade, Slavery and Emancipation (Collected Studies, Cs614.)
The Dutch in the Atlantic Economy 15801880 Trade Slavery and Emancipation - Collected Studies, Cs614. Author:P. C. Emmer This volume presents a survey 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 Brasil 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 bu... more »bble" in the Dutch plantation colonies, Dutch participation in the illegal slave trade, and the effects of ameliorization 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.« less