The Dutch Republic and the Spanish Slave Trade, 1580-1690
This article investigates the reason why groups of merchants operating from the Dutch Republic, particularly from Amsterdam, decided to take part in the exploitation of the Spanish Empire, through a very particular type of activity, that of the slave trade. We argue that Amsterdam-based merchants were heavily engaged, through various organizational forms, in supplying Spanish American markets with enslaved Africans. This participation was rewarded with a path for access to Spanish American silver, at the time the essential exchange mechanism for entry and expansion in the Mediterranean and Asi... Mehr ...
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| Dokumenttyp: | Artikel |
| Erscheinungsdatum: | 2022 |
| Reihe/Periodikum: | Tijdschrift voor Sociale en Economische Geschiedenis, Vol 19, Iss 2 (2022) |
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| Schlagwörter: | Slave trade / Dutch Republic / Seventeenth century / Spanish Empire / Social history and conditions. Social problems. Social reform / HN1-995 / Economic history and conditions / HC10-1085 |
| Sprache: | Englisch Niederländisch |
| Permalink: | https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-28988082 |
| Datenquelle: | BASE; Originalkatalog |
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| Link(s) : | https://doi.org/10.52024/tseg.12315 |
This article investigates the reason why groups of merchants operating from the Dutch Republic, particularly from Amsterdam, decided to take part in the exploitation of the Spanish Empire, through a very particular type of activity, that of the slave trade. We argue that Amsterdam-based merchants were heavily engaged, through various organizational forms, in supplying Spanish American markets with enslaved Africans. This participation was rewarded with a path for access to Spanish American silver, at the time the essential exchange mechanism for entry and expansion in the Mediterranean and Asian trades.