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 we...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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2022-09-01
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| Series: | Tijdschrift voor Sociale en Economische Geschiedenis |
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| Online Access: | https://tseg.nl/article/view/12315 |
| Summary: | 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.
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| ISSN: | 1572-1701 2468-9068 |