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Book SynopsisIn The Danish Slave Trade and Its Abolition, Erik Gøbel offers an account of the well-documented Danish transatlantic slave trade. Denmark was the seventh-largest slave-trading nation with forts and factories on the Gold Coast and a colony in the Virgin Islands. The comprehensive Danish archival material provides the basis for Gøbel’s descriptions of the volume and composition of the slave trade and trade cargoes, as well as the shipping and conditions on board along the Middle Passage. Attention is also paid to the 1791 Danish Slave Trade Commission report and the final decision to abolish the slave trade altogether. *The Danish Slave Trade and Its Abolitionis now available in paperback for individual customers.
Table of ContentsTable of Contents List of Illustrations List of Diagrams List of Tables Preface Part One: The Danish Slave Trade 1. Introduction 2. Volume and Composition of the Slave Trade and the Trade Cargoes 3. Transatlantic Slave Trade Shipping 4. Slave Trade in the Danish West Indies and in Asia Part Two: Abolition of the Atlantic Slave Trade 5. Prelude in Denmark prior to 1792 6. Ernst Schimmelmann 7. The Slave Trade Commission and its Report, 1791 8. The Abolition Edict, 1792 9. Transitional Period, 1792–1802 10. Developments after 1803 11. Conclusion Part Three: Sources The Slave Trade Commission’s Report, 1791 The Abolition Edict, 1792 Bibliography Abbreviations Index
