The Dutch Atlantic: slavery, abolition and emancipation

Abstract

"The Dutch Atlantic investigates the Dutch involvement in the transatlantic slave trade and assesses the historical consequences of this for contemporary European society. Kwame Nimako and Glenn Willemsen show how the slave trade and slavery intertwined economic, social and cultural elements, including nation-state formation in the Netherlands and across Europe. They explore the mobilization of European populations in the implementation of policies that facilitated the slave trade and examine how European countries created and expanded laws that perpetuated colonization. Addressing key themes such as the incorporation of former slaves into post-slavery states and contemporary collective efforts to forget and/or remember slavery and its legacy in the Netherlands, this is an essential text for students of European history and postcolonial studies."--Publisher's description.

Contents

Introduction, goals and issues -- Transatlantic slavery and the rise of the European world order -- Chattel slavery, sugar and salt -- Abolition without emancipation -- Trajectories of emancipation: religion, class, gender and race -- The legacy of slavery : the unfinished business of emancipation -- Conclusion: Parallel histories and intertwined belonging.