Daughters of the Trade : Atlantic Slavers and Interracial Marriage on the Gold Coast /

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Severine Brock's first language was Ga, yet it was not surprising when, in 1842, she married Edward Carstensen. He was the last governor of Christiansborg, the fort that, in the eighteenth century, had been the center of Danish slave trading in West Africa. She was the descendant of Ga-speaking...

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Main Author: Ipsen, Pernille (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, 2015.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Rasrelationer > historia.
Kvinnor > historia.
Blandäktenskap > historia.
Slavhandlare > historia > sociala aspekter.
Danskar i utlandet > historia.
Ghana > Conditions sociales.
Traite des esclaves > Ghana > Biographies.
Traite des esclaves > Danemark > Biographies.
Sklavenhandel
Kulturkontakt
Interethnische Ehe
Frau
Ethnische Beziehungen
Ehe
Dänen
Women > Social conditions.
Social distance.
Slave traders.
Slave trade > Social aspects.
Race relations.
Interracial marriage.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Slavery.
Distance sociale > Histoire.
Relations raciales > Histoire.
Esclaves > Commerce > Aspect social > Ghāna > Histoire.
Esclaves > Commerce > Aspect social > Danemark > Histoire.
Femmes > Ghāna > Accra > Conditions sociales.
Mariage interracial > Ghāna > Histoire.
Marchands d'esclaves > Ghāna > Biographies.
Marchands d'esclaves > Danemark > Biographies.
Social distance > History.
Race relations > History.
Slave trade > Social aspects > Ghana > History.
Slave trade > Social aspects > Denmark > History.
Women > Ghana > Accra > Social conditions.
Interracial marriage > Ghana > History.
Slave traders > Ghana > Biography.
Slave traders > Denmark > Biography.
Danmark > historia.
Ghana > historia.
Goldküste
Ghana
Dänemark.
Ghana > Accra.
Ghana.
Denmark.
Ghāna > Histoire > 1659-1850 (Établissements danois)
Ghana > History > Danish Settlements, 1659-1850.
Biographies.
History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Maps
  • Introduction. Severine's Ancestors
  • Chapter 1. Setting Up
  • Chapter 2. A Hybrid Position
  • Chapter 3. "What in Guinea You Promised Me"
  • Chapter 4. "Danish Christian Mulatresses"
  • Chapter 5. Familiar Circles
  • Epilogue. Edward Carstensen's Parenthesis
  • Notes
  • Note on Sources
  • Bibliography
  • Index
  • Acknowledgments.

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