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The Danish slave trade and its abolition /

"In The Danish Slave Trade and Its Abolition, Erik Gøbel offers an account of the well-documented Danish transatlantic slave trade. Denmark was the seventh-largest slave-trading nation with forts and factories on the Gold Coast and a colony in the Virgin Islands. The comprehensive Danish archiv...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Gøbel, Erik (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2016]
Colección:Studies in global slavery ; v.2.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Part 1. The Danish slave trade
  • Volume and composition of the slave trade and the trade cargoes
  • Transatlantic slave trade shipping
  • Slave trade in the Danish West Indies and in Asia
  • Part 2. Abolition of the Atlantic slave trade
  • Prelude in Denmark prior to 1792
  • Ernst Schimmelmann
  • The Slave Trade Commission and its report, 1791
  • The Abolition Edict, 1792
  • Transitional period, 1792-1802
  • Developments after 1803
  • Conclusion
  • Part 3. Sources
  • The Slave Trade Commission's report, 1791
  • Appendix A to the report: Specification of ships departed from the Gold Coast
  • Appendix B to the report: Slaves bought at Danish settlements on the Gold Coast, 1777-89
  • Appendix C to the report: Danish slave trade cargo, about 1790
  • Appendix D to the report: Number of Negroes on Saint Croix, 1780-90
  • Appendix E to the report: Negroes on Saint Croix plantations indebted to the King, listed by gender
  • Appendix F to the report: Negroes on Saint Thomas and Saint John plantations indebted to the King, listed by gender
  • Appendix G to the report: Negroes on plantations on Saint Croix belonging to Count von Schimmelmann's family trust
  • Appendix H to the report: Negroes on plantations on Saint Croix belonging to Count von Schimmelmann's family trust, listed by gender
  • The Abolition Edict, 1792.