Ports of globalisation, places of Creolisation : : Nordic possessions in the Atlantic world during the era of the slave trade / / edited by Holger Weiss.

• Superior document: Studies in global slavery, volume 1
• TeilnehmendeR: Weiss, Holger,
• Place / Publishing House: Boston : : Brill,, [2016]; ©2016
• Year of Publication: 2016
• Language: English
• Series: Studies in global slavery ; v. 1.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (327 p.)
• Notes: Includes index.

This anthology addresses and analyses the transformation of interconnected spaces and spatial entanglements in the Atlantic rim during the era of the slave trade by focusing on the Danish possessions on the Gold Coast and their Caribbean islands of Saint Thomas, Saint Jan and Saint Croix as well as on the Swedish Caribbean island of Saint Barthélemy. The first part of the anthology addresses aspects of interconnectedness in West Africa, in particular the relationship between Africans and Danes on the Gold Coast. The second part of this volume examines various aspects of interconnectedness, creolisation and experiences of Danish and Swedish slave rules in the Caribbean.

Table of Contents

Introduction: portals of early modern globalisation and Creolisation in the Atlantic world during the era of the slave trade / Holger Weiss -- The entangled spaces of Oddena, Oguaa and Osu: a survey of three early modern African Atlantic towns, ca.1650-1850 / Holger Weiss -- 'A fine flintlock, a pair of ditto pistols and a hat with a gold galloon': Danish political and commercial strategies on the Gold Coast in the early 18th century / Fredrik Hymm Svensli -- Slave trade, slave plantations and Danish colonialism / Per Hernces -- Pre-colonial visions of a colony: the construction of the Pligtarbejder in a proposed Danish West African colony / Jonas Moller Pedersen -- The question of rights in a colour-conscious empire: the Danish West Indies and the global age of revolutions (1800-1850) / Christian Damm Pedersen -- The overly candid missionary historian: C.G.A. Oldendorp's theological ambivalence over slavery in the Danish West Indies / Anders Ahlbiick -- Freedom, autonomy, and independence: exceptional African-Caribbean life experiences in St. Thomas, the Danish West Indies, in the middle of the 18th century / Louise Sebro -- Magic, Obeah and law in the Danish West Indies, 1750s-1840s / Gunvor Simonsen -- Thirty-two lashes at quatre piquets: slave laws and justice in the Swedish colony of St. Barthelemy ca.1800 / Fredrik Thomasson.