Economics without ethics?:Medical treatment of African slaves aboard Dutch West India Company and private slave ships
This article discusses the treatment of enslaved Africans by the Dutch during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. Treatment is interpreted in two ways – morally and medically. Moral treatment is primarily defined by the Dutch Reformed Church and its religious dogmata. Despite the importance of this church in the provision of pastors and comforters of the sick (ziekentroosters), information about its role in providing a religious, moral compass to its members regarding slavery and slave trade is scattered. Medical treatment – both preventive and curative in nature – is discussed as well.... Mehr ...
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Dokumenttyp: | Artikel |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 2022 |
Reihe/Periodikum: | Schokkenbroek , J C A & van den Broeke , L 2022 , ' Economics without ethics? Medical treatment of African slaves aboard Dutch West India Company and private slave ships ' , International Journal of Maritime History , vol. 34 , no. 1 , pp. 3-26 . https://doi.org/10.1177/08438714221079552 |
Schlagwörter: | Caribbean / colonialism / Dutch West India Company / medical treatment / slave trade / slavery |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Permalink: | https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-26686596 |
Datenquelle: | BASE; Originalkatalog |
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Link(s) : | https://research.vu.nl/en/publications/3cd72f49-63b4-435d-82a5-a42876f45412 |