De betekenis van de Atlantische slavernij voor de Nederlandse economie in de tweede helft van de achttiende eeuw ; The significance of Atlantic slavery for the Dutch economy in the second half of the eighteenth century

This article presents the first methodologically grounded calculation of the weight of Atlantic slave-based activities in the Dutch economy of the second half of the eighteenth century. In this period, the Dutch Republic was one of the most developed commercial societies in Europe. The import, processing and export of slave-produced goods such as sugar, coffee and tobacco played an important role in this economy. 5.2 percent of the GDP of the Dutch Republic in 1770, and even 10.36 percent of the GDP of its richest province Holland, was based on slavery. In this year, 19 percent of Dutch import... Mehr ...