Rasmus Christensen
Biographic Data
| ID | 3864677 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Rasmus Christensen |
| GIVEN NAMES | Rasmus |
| FAMILY NAME | Christensen |
| SIGNATURE | CHRISTENSEN R |
| AFFILIATIONS | Sax Institute |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-0704-8934 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 3 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 5 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Negotiating Relief and Freedom
The Paradox of Abolition
In 1792, the Danish government announced the abolition of the transatlantic slave trade and granted St. Croix planters a grace period to import slaves before the cessation. Despite hopes for improved conditions for the enslaved after the abolition, surging sugar prices prompted planters to increase imports of enslaved Africans. Census data, slave trade records, and land tax registers illustrate how St. Croix planters, in the face of impending abo…
Sea and Land
Together in a Small Boat
Histories of maritime marronage in the Lesser Antilles-the Danish, Dutch, English, French, and Swedish islands in the eastern Caribbean-have often centered on young enslaved men escaping alone aboard intercontinental vessels anchored in the region's port towns. Scholars have paid less attention to the enslaved men, women, and children who escaped their enslavers on one of the many small open boats that were decisive for sustaining life in the reg…
Against the Law of God, of nature and the secular world’
This article examines conceptions of sovereignty in the Danish Caribbean colony of St. Thomas between 1672 and 1680. It focuses on the colony’s first governor, Jørgen Iversen, and his struggles to govern the colony on behalf of Denmark’s absolutist monarchy and the Danish West India and Guinea Company. Using insights from recent studies of sovereignty and power in colonial societies, the article explores how Iversen organized the colony’s legal s…
Together in a Small Boat
Histories of maritime marronage in the Lesser Antilles-the Danish, Dutch, English, French, and Swedish islands in the eastern Caribbean-have often centered on young enslaved men escaping alone aboard intercontinental vessels anchored in the region's port towns. Scholars have paid less attention to the enslaved men, women, and children who escaped their enslavers on one of the many small open boats that were decisive for sustaining life in the reg…
The Paradox of Abolition
In 1792, the Danish government announced the abolition of the transatlantic slave trade and granted St. Croix planters a grace period to import slaves before the cessation. Despite hopes for improved conditions for the enslaved after the abolition, surging sugar prices prompted planters to increase imports of enslaved Africans. Census data, slave trade records, and land tax registers illustrate how St. Croix planters, in the face of impending abo…
Against the Law of God, of nature and the secular world’
This article examines conceptions of sovereignty in the Danish Caribbean colony of St. Thomas between 1672 and 1680. It focuses on the colony’s first governor, Jørgen Iversen, and his struggles to govern the colony on behalf of Denmark’s absolutist monarchy and the Danish West India and Guinea Company. Using insights from recent studies of sovereignty and power in colonial societies, the article explores how Iversen organized the colony’s legal s…
Sea and Land
Together in a Small Boat
Histories of maritime marronage in the Lesser Antilles-the Danish, Dutch, English, French, and Swedish islands in the eastern Caribbean-have often centered on young enslaved men escaping alone aboard intercontinental vessels anchored in the region's port towns. Scholars have paid less attention to the enslaved men, women, and children who escaped their enslavers on one of the many small open boats that were decisive for sustaining life in the reg…
The Paradox of Abolition
In 1792, the Danish government announced the abolition of the transatlantic slave trade and granted St. Croix planters a grace period to import slaves before the cessation. Despite hopes for improved conditions for the enslaved after the abolition, surging sugar prices prompted planters to increase imports of enslaved Africans. Census data, slave trade records, and land tax registers illustrate how St. Croix planters, in the face of impending abo…
Negotiating Relief and Freedom
Colonialism, slavery, and trade (4 works) · Caribbean history, culture, and politics (3 works) · History (3 works) · Philosophy (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Danish (2 works) · Economic history (2 works) · Geography (2 works) · Geology (2 works)