The European Experience in Slavery, 1650-1850

1. Auflage 2024
ISBN: 978-3-11-074939-7
Verlag: De Gruyter

Buch, Englisch, 192 Seiten, Format (B × H): 170 mm x 239 mm, Gewicht: 498 g

This volume documents the practice of bringing enslaved people to early modern Europe not only as a side effect of overseas colonial regimes but as a pan-European experience that even developed its own dynamics on the continent. Drawing on examples from France, Scotland, the Netherlands, Denmark, and the Holy Roman Empire, the contributors show how slavery affected both the enslaved and the enslavers’ societies, changing European notions of freedom, dependence, and subjugation. At the same time, Afro-European families and cultural productions challenge the view of the Black diaspora as Europe’s "other." The volume thus reveals not only the roots of present-day racism extending far back into the past, but also a common heritage yet to be discovered.

Zielgruppe

Scholars and students of early modern and modern European history

Autoren/Hrsg.

Mallinckrodt, Rebekka

Mallinckrodt, Rebekka von

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Europäische Geschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Geschichte der Sklaverei

Über Autor(innen)

Rebekka von Mallinckrodt, University of Bremen, Germany.