The Dutch Atlantic Slavery, Abolition and Emancipation

The Dutch Atlantic investigates the Dutch involvement in the transatlantic slave trade and assesses the historical consequences of this for contemporary European society.Kwame Nimako and Glenn Willemsen show how the slave trade and slavery intertwined economic, social and cultural elements, including nation-state formation in the Netherlands and across Europe. They explore the mobilisation of European populations in the implementation of policies that facilitated the slave trade and examine how European countries created and expanded laws that perpetuated colonisation. Addressing key themes such as the incorporation of former slaves into post-slavery states and contemporary collective efforts to forget and/or remember slavery and its legacy in the Netherlands, this is an essential text for students of European history and postcolonial studies.

Kwame Nimako teaches International Relations at the Graduate School of Social Sciences, University of Amsterdam. He is the author and co-author of over 30 books, reports and guidebooks on economic development, ethnic relations, social policy, urban renewal and migration.
Glenn Willemsen (1948-2008) was the first director of the National Institute for the Study of Dutch Slavery and its Legacy (NiNsee) from 2003 to 2008. He was also Adjunct Professor at the Union Institute & University, Cincinnati, Ohio from 1999 to 2008.

I Preface [Artwell Cain (NiNsee)]
II Foreword [Stephen Small (UC Berkeley)]
Chapter One: Introduction, Goals and Issues
Chapter Two: Transatlantic Slavery and the Rise of the European
World Order
Chapter Three: Chattel Slavery, Sugar and Salt
Chapter Four: Abolition without Emancipation
Chapter Five: Trajectories of Emancipation: Religion, Class, Gender and Race
Chapter Six: The Legacy of Slavery: the Unfinished Business of Emancipation
Chapter Seven: Conclusion: Parallel Histories and Intertwined Belonging   
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