The Dutch in the Atlantic Slave Trade, 1600-1815

by Johannes Postma

Overview

Presenting a thorough analysis of the Dutch participation in the transatlantic slave trade, this book is based upon extensive research in Dutch archives. The book examines the whole range of Dutch involvement in the Atlantic slave trade from the beginning of the 1600s to the nineteenth century.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780521365857
Publisher:	Cambridge University Press
Publication date:	05/25/1990
Pages:	444
Product dimensions:	5.98(w) x 9.02(h) x 1.14(d)

Table of Contents

List of tables, figures and maps; Preface; 1. Foundations of the slave traffic, 1600–61; 2. Curaçao and the asiento trade, 1650–1730; 3. The Dutch on the West African coast; 4. Trade and politics on the African coast; 5. Volume of African exports and origins of slaves; 6. Organization and mechanics of the trade; 7. The triangular trade; 8. The Dutch plantation colonies under WIC monopoly, 1618–1738; 9. The era of the free trade, 1730–80; 10. The slaves: their treatment and mortality; 11. Finances, marketing and profitability; 12. The end of the Dutch slave trade, 1781–1815; Appendixes; Bibliography; Index.