Fifty Years Later - Capitalism, Modernity, and Antislavery in the Dutch Orbit

The Dutch were late in abolishing the slave trade (1814) and slavery (1863). This volume raises and attempts to answer a number of questions regarding this tardiness: why did Holland, identified as a pioneer of modern capitalism, fail to generate a major anti-slavery movement? And why did it take the Dutch so long to follow the lead of apparently more 'modern' nations in abolishing the slave trade and slavery?

About the author

Gert Ooostindie (1955) studied history and social sciences at the Free University of Amsterdam. Since 1983, he has been head of the Department of Caribbean Sudies of the KITLV.

Product details

• Publisher: Brill
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.01.1995
• EAN: 9789067180962
• ISBN: 978-90-6718-096-2
• No. of pages: 272
• Weight: 445 g
• Series: Caribbean
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > History > Modern era up to 1918