Claiming their Rights? Indian Sailors under the Dutch East India Company
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 23487277 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Matthias Van Rossum (0000-0002-9567-5654, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2015 |
| Pages | 272-286 |
| Publication date | 2015-01-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | CHAPTER |
| Venue | Law, Labour, and Empire (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Publisher | Palgrave Macmillan UK (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1057/9781137447463_15 |
| OpenAlex | W2470415284 |
| ISBN | 9781137447463 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
Late April 1747, Batavia. On a plank covered with a mat made of leaves, the dead body of an Indian sailor was laid down by his fellow workers. The sailor, known by the name of Jantje, was originally from Bengal and had worked as a rower in the service of the Dutch East India Company (Vereenigde Oostindische Compagnie: VOC) on the waterfront of Batavia. Mourning his death, the Indian sailors publicly and purposely ‘displayed’ Jantje’s dead body ‘to the ploezerscasie’ – the rowers department. 1 These keywords were added by machine and not by the authors. This process is experimental and the keywords may be updated as the learning algorithm improves.
Ancient history · Archaeology · BENGAL · Dead body · Economics · Economy · Geography · Plank · Service (business) · Colonialism, slavery, and trade · Engineering · Global Maritime and Colonial Histories · History · Maritime Security and History
| Citations per year | 0.13 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2018 - 2018 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |