'Al de swarten die hier ter stede comen' Een Afro-Atlantische gemeenschap in zeventiende-eeuws Amsterdam
This study shows that in the mid-seventeenth century there was an Afro-Atlantic maritime community in Amsterdam. It is possible to reconstruct this community on the basis of marriage information and baptismal registers combined with notarial records. From around 1625 until 1665, Africans present in...
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| description | This study shows that in the mid-seventeenth century there was an Afro-Atlantic
maritime community in Amsterdam. It is possible to reconstruct this community on
the basis of marriage information and baptismal registers combined with notarial records.
From around 1625 until 1665, Africans present in Amsterdam mainly married
each other and, in important events such as marriage and baptism, also took African
witnesses. The community consisted of black women present in Amsterdam, many
of whom had probably entered the city as servants. They often married to black
sailors, who were mostly employed by Dutch West-India Company (WIC) and Dutch
East-India Company (VOC). In Amsterdam, this heterogeneous community settled in
the east of the city, in the area around the Jodenbreestraat. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-853fff653c4a40a6b5f7f3f4593991d72022-12-21T19:46:16Zengopenjournals.nlTijdschrift voor Sociale en Economische Geschiedenis1572-17012468-90682019-03-01154'Al de swarten die hier ter stede comen' Een Afro-Atlantische gemeenschap in zeventiende-eeuws AmsterdamMark Ponte0IndependentThis study shows that in the mid-seventeenth century there was an Afro-Atlantic maritime community in Amsterdam. It is possible to reconstruct this community on the basis of marriage information and baptismal registers combined with notarial records. From around 1625 until 1665, Africans present in Amsterdam mainly married each other and, in important events such as marriage and baptism, also took African witnesses. The community consisted of black women present in Amsterdam, many of whom had probably entered the city as servants. They often married to black sailors, who were mostly employed by Dutch West-India Company (WIC) and Dutch East-India Company (VOC). In Amsterdam, this heterogeneous community settled in the east of the city, in the area around the Jodenbreestraat.https://test.openjournals.nl/tseg/article/view/8262African migrationAmsterdamseventeenth cenurysailorswomen |
| spellingShingle | Mark Ponte 'Al de swarten die hier ter stede comen' Een Afro-Atlantische gemeenschap in zeventiende-eeuws Amsterdam Tijdschrift voor Sociale en Economische Geschiedenis African migration Amsterdam seventeenth cenury sailors women |
| title | 'Al de swarten die hier ter stede comen' Een Afro-Atlantische gemeenschap in zeventiende-eeuws Amsterdam |
| title_full | 'Al de swarten die hier ter stede comen' Een Afro-Atlantische gemeenschap in zeventiende-eeuws Amsterdam |
| title_fullStr | 'Al de swarten die hier ter stede comen' Een Afro-Atlantische gemeenschap in zeventiende-eeuws Amsterdam |
| title_full_unstemmed | 'Al de swarten die hier ter stede comen' Een Afro-Atlantische gemeenschap in zeventiende-eeuws Amsterdam |
| title_short | 'Al de swarten die hier ter stede comen' Een Afro-Atlantische gemeenschap in zeventiende-eeuws Amsterdam |
| title_sort | al de swarten die hier ter stede comen een afro atlantische gemeenschap in zeventiende eeuws amsterdam |
| topic | African migration Amsterdam seventeenth cenury sailors women |
| url | https://test.openjournals.nl/tseg/article/view/8262 |
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