Beyond Exceptionalism : Traces of Slavery and the Slave Trade in Early Modern Germany, 1650–1850

While the economic involvement of early modern Germany in slavery and the slave trade is increasingly receiving attention, the direct participation of Germans in human trafficking remains a blind spot in historiography. This edited volume focuses on practices of enslavement taking place within Germa...

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Main Authors:	Rebekka Mallinckrodt, Josef Köstlbauer, Sarah Lentz
Format:	Book
Published:	De Gruyter Oldenbourg 2021
Subjects:	Missionaries > Germany > History Missionaries > Africa > History Slave trade > Atlantic Ocean Region > History > 17th century Slave trade > Atlantic Ocean Region > History > 18th century Enslaved persons > Commerce > Germany > History Slave trade > Africa > History Slavery > Germany > History > 17th century Slavery > Germany > History > 18th century Slave trade > Germany > History Enslaved persons > Commerce > Atlantic Ocean Region > History > 17th century Enslaved persons > Commerce > Atlantic Ocean Region > Histo
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Summary:	While the economic involvement of early modern Germany in slavery and the slave trade is increasingly receiving attention, the direct participation of Germans in human trafficking remains a blind spot in historiography. This edited volume focuses on practices of enslavement taking place within German territories in the early modern period as well as on the people of African, Asian, and Native American descent caught up in them.