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Sweden, the Slave Trade and Slavery, 1784-1847

Year: 1975

Type: article

Abstract: Sweden's involvement with slavery was minimal. What there was took place in its Caribbean possession, St. Barthélémy, during the period 1784-1847. Although the Swedish West India Company was authorized to participate in the slave trade, it never did so directly. Illegal slave transactions did take place in the Swedish colony during the early 1820's, but the numbers and amounts involved were not significant. Swedish attitudes towards the slaves did not differ from those of other slave-holding countries, but eventually mixed utilitarian and humanitarian sentiments led to complete emancipation

Source: Outre-Mers. Revue d'histoire

DOI: 10.3406/outre.1975.1827

Author: Ernst Ekman

Language: English

Topic: Colonialism, slavery, and trade

Subfield: History

Field: Arts and Humanities

Domain: Social Sciences

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W2039762827

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Cited by: 26

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