The Netherlands' Colonial Report Card: Trade, Slavery and the Dutch Legacy in Africa (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9798199317948)

The Dutch Empire helped build the modern global economy.

Through:

• trade,
• shipping,
• banking,
• finance,
• and maritime power,

the Netherlands became one of the wealthiest commercial empires in history.

But behind the prosperity stood another reality:

• slavery,
• racial hierarchy,
• settler colonialism,
• forced labor,
• land dispossession,
• and African exploitation.

How did Dutch merchants help shape the Atlantic slave trade?

What role did Dutch colonialism play in the foundations of apartheid in South Africa?

And how did Africa help finance Europe's rise through slavery and colonial commerce?

In The Netherlands' Colonial Report Card, Frederick Amakom delivers a powerful and deeply researched examination of the Dutch Empire's role in Africa and the Atlantic world.

This groundbreaking book explores:

• the Dutch slave trade,
• Elmina Castle,
• the Cape Colony,
• Afrikaner settler expansion,
• racial hierarchy,
• plantation slavery,
• African resistance,
• colonial capitalism,
• and the long-term consequences of empire.

The book also investigates how Dutch colonial history continues shaping modern debates surrounding:

• racism,
• reparations,
• capitalism,
• colonial memory,
• migration,
• and global inequality.

Inside this compelling historical analysis, you will discover:

• The true history of Dutch colonialism in Africa
• The Dutch role in the Atlantic slave trade
• Elmina Castle and the slave forts of West Africa
• The Middle Passage explained
• Slavery and the rise of modern capitalism
• The Dutch East India Company and Dutch West India Company
• The Cape Colony and settler colonialism
• The origins of Afrikaner identity
• Dutch racial systems and the roots of apartheid
• African resistance to slavery and colonial rule
• Maroon resistance movements
• Dutch colonialism and global trade
• Colonial wealth and modern inequality
• The politics of colonial memory and reparations
• A final report card grading the Dutch Empire's legacy in Africa

Neither anti-European propaganda nor colonial nostalgia, this book offers a serious and uncompromising examination of one of the most influential commercial empires in world history.

Perfect for readers interested in:

• African history
• Dutch Empire
• Atlantic slave trade
• South African history
• Apartheid origins
• Colonialism and capitalism
• Slavery and race
• Global economic history
• European imperialism
• African resistance movements
• Elmina Castle
• Settler colonialism
• Colonial reparations
• Black history
• Race and empire

The Netherlands' Colonial Report Card is Book 7 in the powerful Europe's Colonial Report Card on Africa Series.

The Dutch Empire helped build the modern world.

Africa paid much of the price.