Caspar Van Senden, Sir Thomas Sherley and the 'Blackamoor' project
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4557750 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Miranda Kaufmann (United Church of Christ, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2008 |
| Volume | 81 |
| Issue | 212 |
| Pages | 366-371 |
| Publication date | 2008-05-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Historical Research (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0950-3471 • E-ISSN: 1468-2281 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1468-2281.2007.00416.x |
| OpenAlex | W2171886093 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
This article investigates the project of Caspar Van Senden, a Lubeck merchant, and his patron Sir Thomas Sherley, who sought crown permission to collect ‘negars and blackamoores’ in England and sell them in Lisbon. By examining the reports of Robert Cecil's agent in Lisbon and letters written to Cecil by Van Senden and Sherley, it explains how unsuccessful their project was, and how it may have had political as well as financial motivation. It also reinterprets the privy council order of 1596, and concludes that a similar document of 1601, conventionally listed as a proclamation, is likely never to have gone beyond draft form. The article concludes that Elizabeth's government never envisaged an expulsion of blacks, but was merely trying to fend off another debtor with a patent
Political science · Historical Economic and Social Studies · History · Scottish History and National Identity
| Unique citing works | 3 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,27 |
| Citation span | 2015 - 2020 (6) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |