Windows of global exchange
Dutch ports and the slave trade, 1600–1800
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 10223166 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Cátia Antunes (0000-0003-4343-029X, Leiden University), Filipa Ribeiro Da Silva (0000-0001-5173-4424, International Institute of Social History, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2018 |
| Volume | 30 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 422-441 |
| Publication date | 2018-08-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Journal of Maritime History (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0843-8714 • E-ISSN: 2052-7756 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0843871418782317 |
| OpenAlex | W2887145183 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 5 |
In 2008, Pierre Gervais contended that social and economic developments in the Atlantic were to be ascribed to an overwhelming European intervention in West Africa and the Americas. This article questions Gervais’s assumption by stressing how Europeans, West Africans and Americans – individuals and states – mutually influenced urban hierarchies and distributive hubs across three different continents, while arguing that these interactions and interconnections should be seen within a context of entangled histories. This contribution re-examines the Dutch experience of slave trade and shipping to assess the extent to which slave trading and shipping activities influenced port hierarchies in Europe, determined the organization of port hubs in West Africa and helped develop port structures in the Americas. This assessment is anchored in the data provided by the Transatlantic Slave Trade Database, the collections of the Dutch West India Company and the Middleburg Commercial Company, and the notarial archives of Amsterdam and Rotterdam
Archaeology · Atlantic slave trade · Context (archaeology · Distributive property · Economic history · Economics · Economy · Geography · Intervention (counseling · Port (circuit theory · Colonialism, slavery, and trade · Engineering · Global Maritime and Colonial Histories · Historical Economic and Social Studies · History
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| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |