1st Edition
The Private Slave Trade in Eighteenth-Century Amsterdam On Jochem Matthijs and Coenraad Smitt
Introduction
1 The Firm of Jochem Matthijs and Coenraad Smitt
2 Crew Members and Ships
3 ’t Gezegende Suikerriet: The Voyage
4 ’t Gezegende Suikerriet: The Shipowners in Suriname
5 ’t Gezegende Suikerriet: Conflicts Upon Return
6 Other Slaving Voyages by the Smitts
7 The End of the Firm
Epilogue: Reflections on Recent Developments in the Field
Biography
Ramona Negrón is a postdoctoral researcher at the KITLV/Royal Dutch Institute for Caribbean and Southeast Asia Studies, researching slavery and proto-citizenship in the Dutch Caribbean. She specializes in colonial, maritime, and slavery history.
Jessica den Oudsten is a PhD candidate at Radboud University and a guest researcher at the Huygens Institute. Her research focuses on the social mobility of immigrants and their descendants in Amsterdam (1660–1811). She specializes in early modern maritime history and migration history.
