The Dutch Transatlantic Slave Trade: New Methods, Perspectives, and Sources

by Ramona Negrón (Editor), Jessica den Oudsten (editor), Camilla de Koning (editor)

In this book, a new generation of scholars offers fresh perspectives on the history of the Dutch slave trade. Traditionally, Dutch research has focused on business practices, often overlooking the enslaved and the complexities of illegal trade and violence. By experimenting with innovative methodologies and underutilised primary sources, this volume reveals the potential to uncover perspectives of enslaved people aboard slave ships, to investigate unstudied areas like sexual violence, and to examine the roles of Dutch elite in the trade..

272 pages, Hardcover

Published January 14, 2025

About the author

Ramona Negrón is postdoc aan het KITLV, waar ze onderzoek doet naar de overgang van slavernij naar burgerschap in de Nederlands Cariben. Ze is gespecialiseerd in koloniale, maritieme en slavernijgeschiedenis.

Reviews

[Ali · Rating 4 out of 5]

An interesting compendium of essays that attempt to recentre the human experience and motivations of the slave trade over the more logistical focus. Like many academic works, chapters spend a bit long telling you what they will, are and have told you for my taste as a more general reader, but worked to understand more about the dimensions of Dutch involvement.