Slave trade prices in the Indian Ocean, Indonesian Archipelago and Atlantic worlds (hdl:10622/ALNM2S)

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Slave trade prices in the Indian Ocean, Indonesian Archipelago and Atlantic worlds

hdl:10622/ALNM2S

IISH Data Collection

2025-05-16

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van Rossum, Matthias, 2025, "Slave trade prices in the Indian Ocean, Indonesian Archipelago and Atlantic worlds", https://hdl.handle.net/10622/ALNM2S, IISH Data Collection, V1, UNF:6:LK10CyRarIzmCHN6L7wiAA== [fileUNF]

Slave trade prices in the Indian Ocean, Indonesian Archipelago and Atlantic worlds

hdl:10622/ALNM2S

van Rossum, Matthias (IISH)

IISH Data Collection

Konings, Pascal

Konings, Pascal

2025-05-16

https://hdl.handle.net/10622/ALNM2S

Arts and Humanities, prices, slave trade, global slavery, Indian Ocean, Indonesian Archipelago, Atlantic worlds

This database contains prices paid for enslaved people in the Indian Ocean, Indonesian Archipelago and Atlantic worlds and is mainly based on Dutch source material. Its datasets were created by the author (M. van Rossum) for the article ‘Towards a global perspective on early modern slave trade: prices of the enslaved in the Indian Ocean, Indonesian Archipelago and Atlantic worlds’, Journal of Global History 17:1 (2022) 42-68, https://doi.org/10.1017/S1740022821000139.

1501-01-01-1820-12-31

10.1017/S1740022821000139

M. van Rossum, ‘Towards a global perspective on early modern slave trade: prices of the enslaved in the Indian Ocean, Indonesian Archipelago and Atlantic worlds’, Journal of Global History 17:1 (2022) 42-68, https://doi.org/10.1017/S1740022821000139.

• Number of cases: 1751

• No. of variables per record: 35

• Type of File: text/tab-separated-values

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• TYPE - TYPE
• Bron - Bron
• Datum - Datum
• PlaatsverkoopStandaard - PlaatsverkoopStandaard
• Verkoper - Verkoper
• Koper - Koper
• Aantal(slaaf) - Aantal(slaaf)
• Geslacht(slaaf) - Geslacht(slaaf)
• Omschrijving(slaaf) - Omschrijving(slaaf)
• Prijs(verkoop) - Prijs(verkoop)
• Munt(verkoop) - Munt(verkoop)
• Inkoop(prijs) - Inkoop(prijs)
• Munt(inkoop) - Munt(inkoop)
• Opmerking - Opmerking
• Prijs(verkoop)perpersooningulden - Prijs(verkoop)perpersooningulden
• Indianguilders - Indianguilders
• Q - Q
• Jaar - Jaar
• Prijs(verkoop)totaalingulden - Prijs(verkoop)totaalingulden
• TOTAALNIEUW - TOTAALNIEUW
• JAAR - JAAR
• Plaatsverkooporigineel - Plaatsverkooporigineel
• W - W
• BataviaBINNEN-BUITENobvANRIActenvanTransport2020-05-14 - BataviaBINNEN-BUITENobvANRIActenvanTransport2020-05-14
• SLAAFCATEGORIEKINDSTANDAARD - SLAAFCATEGORIEKINDSTANDAARD
• Z - Z
• AA - AA
• AB - AB
• AC - AC
• AD - AD
• AE - AE
• AF - AF
• AG - AG
• AH - AH
• AI - AI

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2. Van Rossum JGH Global Perspective Early Modern Slave Trade Prices.pdf

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This article serves as the database's documentation.

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3. 2020-11-16D Slave trade prices database - JGH - MvR - tab VOC Archive References.csv

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tab VOC Archive References

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4. 2020-11-16D Slave trade prices database - JGH - MvR - tab BGB - VOC Purchase Values.csv

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tab BGB - VOC Purchase Values

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5. 2020-11-16D Slave trade prices database - JGH - MvR - tab Prices Weighed Av.csv

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tab Prices Weighed Av

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6. 2020-11-16D Slave trade prices database - JGH - MvR - tab Price Series.csv

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tab Price Series

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7. 2020-11-16D Slave trade prices database - JGH - MvR - tab OverviewForFigures.csv

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tab OverviewForFigures

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