Abstract
A short biography of Dutch West India Company official Jacob de Petersen, who traded slaves in Curacao and Elmina, West Africa, and became one of the most powerful West India Company admistrators, as well as a member of the Amsterdam city goverment. It relates how private slave trade was entangled with the economic interests of the city of Amsterdam.
| Translated title of the contribution | Jacob de Petersen, slave trader in West Africa and city official in Amsterdam |
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| Original language | Dutch |
| Title of host publication | De slavernij in Oost en West |
| Subtitle of host publication | Het Amsterdam onderzoek |
| Editors | Pepijn Brandon, Guno Jones, Nancy Jouwe, Matthias van Rossum, Merve Tosun |
| Place of Publication | Amsterdam |
| Publisher | Unieboek-Het Spectrum |
| Chapter | 7 |
| Pages | 104-111 |
| Number of pages | 8 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 9789000372874 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9789000372867 |
| Publication status | Published - 29-Sept-2020 |
Keywords
- Slavery
- Amsterdam
- West Indies
- West Africa
- Elmina
- Curacao
- Slave trade