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Slavery : the story of João, Wally, Oopjen, Paulus, van Bengalen, Surapati, Sapali, Tula, Dirk, Lohkay

Title
Slavery : the story of João, Wally, Oopjen, Paulus, van Bengalen, Surapati, Sapali, Tula, Dirk, Lohkay / Eveline Sint Nicolaas, Valika Smeulders ; Maria Holtrop, Stephanie Archangel, Lisa Lambrechts, Karwan Fatah-Black, Martine Gosselink.
Publication
  • Amsterdam : Atlas Contact, [2021]
  • ©2021

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Additional Authors
  • Sint Nicolaas, E.
  • Smeulders, Valika
  • Boom, Irma
  • Bouvier, Pierre (Translator)
  • Green, Steve (Translator)
  • Rijksmuseum (Netherlands), host institution.
Description
350 pages, 2 unnumbered pages : illustrations (chiefly color), facsimiles, maps (some color), portraits (some color); 24 cm
Summary
  • "What did a woman living and working in slavery know about her 'owner' over in the Dutch Republic? What did a refiner in Amsterdam know of the conditions in which the raw sugar he processed was produced? And what did a freedom fighter on Curaçao know of the struggle for equal rights being waged in Europe? Under Dutch rule during the colonial era, more than a million men, women and children from Asia and Africa were enslaved and shipped to the other side of the world. Very little is known about their lives. Using a variety of sources, 'Slavery' provides a portrait of ten people from this period: people who suffered under the slavery system, people who rose in resistance against it and people who profited from it. This broad palette of individual experiences reveals diverse facets of the Dutch history of slavery and gives us a unique insight into the societal reality of the time."--Page 4 of printed paper wrapper.
  • "What did a woman who lived and worked under slavery know about her 'owner' in the Dutch Republic? What did an owner of a sugar factory in Amsterdam know about the circumstances under which the sugar he processed was grown? And what did a freedom fighter on Curaçao know about the struggle for equal civil rights in Europe? Under Dutch rule during the colonial era, more than a million men, women and children from Asia and Africa were enslaved and shipped to the other side of the world. Very little is known about their lives. Using a variety of sources, Slavery provides a portrait of ten people from this period: people who suffered under the slavery system, people who rose in resistance against it and people who profited from it. This broad palette of individual experiences reveals diverse facets of the Dutch history of slavery and gives us a unique isight into the societal reality of the time"--
Subject
  • Slavery > Netherlands > History
  • Enslaved persons > Netherlands > Social conditions
  • Enslaved persons > Netherlands > Biography
  • Enslaved persons > Social conditions
  • Enslaved persons
  • Slavery
  • Netherlandish colonies
  • Slavery > Colonies
  • Netherlands > Colonies > History
  • Netherlands
Genre/Form
  • Biographies.
  • History.
Note
  • Published in conjunction with the exhibition "Slavery" at the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, June 5 - August 29, 2021.
  • "Translation, Pierre Bouvier ..., Steve Green ..."--Page 352.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 324-334) and index.
Contents
(from table of contents) Foreword. Together we write history / Taco Dibbits -- Slavery : an exhibition of many voices / Eveline Sint Nicolaas, Valika Smeulders -- Dutch colonial slavery / Eveline Sint Nicolaas -- Living inside the slavery system -- João : caught in the crossfire in Dutch Brazil / Stephanie Archangel -- Wally : surviving on a plantation in Suriname / Eveline Sint Nicolaas -- Oopjen : wealth in the Dutch republic / Eveline Sint Nicolaas -- Paulus : a 'moor' in the Dutch republic / Valika Smeulders, Lisa Lambrechts -- van Bengalen : shipped to Batavia, Banda, Cape Town and Dokkum / Maria Holtrop -- Thinking about freedom -- Surapati : from enslaved servant to sovereign / Maria Holtrop -- Sapali : an independent society / Valika Smeulders -- Tula : liberty, equality and fraternity / Valika Smeulders -- Dirk : from abolitionist to slaveholder / Valika Smeulders, Lisa Lambrechts -- Lohkay : beads versus laws / Valika Smeulders -- Talking about slavery -- Current thinking about slavery in the Netherlands / Karwan Fatah-Black, Martine Gosselink -- Works in the exhibition.
Call Number
JFE 21-8195
ISBN
  • 9789045044279
  • 9045044277
OCLC
1237644513
Title
Slavery : the story of João, Wally, Oopjen, Paulus, van Bengalen, Surapati, Sapali, Tula, Dirk, Lohkay / Eveline Sint Nicolaas, Valika Smeulders ; Maria Holtrop, Stephanie Archangel, Lisa Lambrechts, Karwan Fatah-Black, Martine Gosselink.
Publisher
Amsterdam : Atlas Contact, [2021]
Copyright Date
©2021
Type of Content
text
still image
cartographic image
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 324-334) and index.
Added Author
Sint Nicolaas, E., editor, writer of supplementary textual content.
Smeulders, Valika, editor, writer of supplementary textual content.
Boom, Irma, book designer.
Bouvier, Pierre (Translator)
Green, Steve (Translator)
Rijksmuseum (Netherlands), host institution.
Research Call Number
JFE 21-8195
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