The Danish slave trade and its abolition / by Erik Gøbel.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gøbel, Erik, author.

Series:

Studies in global slavery ; v. 2.

Studies in global slavery, 2405-4585 ; volume 2

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Slave trade--Denmark--History.

Slave trade.

Slave trade--Ghana--History.

Slave trade--United States Virgin Islands--History.

Slavery--United States Virgin Islands--History.

Slavery.

Race relations.

History.

Antislavery movements.

Commerce.

Denmark--Commerce--History.

Denmark.

Ghana--Commerce--History.

Ghana.

United States Virgin Islands--Commerce--History.

United States Virgin Islands.

Antislavery movements--Denmark--History.

Ghana--Race relations--History.

United States Virgin Islands--Race relations--History.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

xiii, 305 pages ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2016]

Summary:

"In The Danish Slave Trade and Its Abolition, Erik Gøbel offers an account of the well-documented Danish transatlantic slave trade. Denmark was the seventh-largest slave-trading nation with forts and factories on the Gold Coast and a colony in the Virgin Islands. The comprehensive Danish archival material provides the basis for Gøbel's descriptions of the volume and composition of the slave trade and trade cargoes, as well as the shipping and conditions on board along the Middle Passage. Attention is also paid to the 1791 Danish Slave Trade Commission report and the final decision to abolish the slave trade altogether"--Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Part 1. The Danish slave trade

Volume and composition of the slave trade and the trade cargoes

Transatlantic slave trade shipping

Slave trade in the Danish West Indies and in Asia

Part 2. Abolition of the Atlantic slave trade

Prelude in Denmark prior to 1792

Ernst Schimmelmann

The Slave Trade Commission and its report, 1791

The Abolition Edict, 1792

Transitional period, 1792-1802

Developments after 1803

Conclusion

Part 3. Sources

The Slave Trade Commission's report, 1791

Appendix A to the report: Specification of ships departed from the Gold Coast

Appendix B to the report: Slaves bought at Danish settlements on the Gold Coast, 1777-89

Appendix C to the report: Danish slave trade cargo, about 1790

Appendix D to the report: Number of Negroes on Saint Croix, 1780-90

Appendix E to the report: Negroes on Saint Croix plantations indebted to the King, listed by gender

Appendix F to the report: Negroes on Saint Thomas and Saint John plantations indebted to the King, listed by gender

Appendix G to the report: Negroes on plantations on Saint Croix belonging to Count von Schimmelmann's family trust

Appendix H to the report: Negroes on plantations on Saint Croix belonging to Count von Schimmelmann's family trust, listed by gender

The Abolition Edict, 1792.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Gøbel, Erik, author. Danish slave trade and its abolition

ISBN:

9789004330276

9004330275

OCLC:

953708672