This project collects and curates datasets on slave trade and slavery in the Indian Ocean and wider maritime Asian worlds.
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Enslaved Demography: Daghregisters Batavia. Enslaved and Total Population Records from the Daily Journals of Batavia Castle (1678-1807)
Nov 21, 2023
Konings, Pascal, 2023, "Enslaved Demography: Daghregisters Batavia. Enslaved and Total Population Records from the Daily Journals of Batavia Castle (1678-1807)", https://hdl.handle.net/10622/WBTWPR, IISH Data Collection, V1, UNF:6:qnJNYTjxgAqXwyi8r8JG6Q== [fileUNF]
This dataset contains census records that were summarized at the end of most Daily Journals of Batavia Castle (Daghregisters Batavia) between 1678 and 1807. These records referred to the total population of the inner and outer city of the Dutch East India Company (VOC) headquarte...
ESTA Database Locations
May 2, 2023
Konings, Pascal, 2023, "ESTA Database Locations", https://hdl.handle.net/10622/IWJMHH, IISH Data Collection, V2, UNF:6:NYiDyLITHmmfB8C3tf5hQg== [fileUNF]
The dataset ‘ESTA Database Locations’ covers the locations in the Exploring Slave Trade in Asia (ESTA) project’s database as of December 2022. The ESTA database contains data on slave trade movements, often maritime, in the larger Indian Ocean basin and East Asia, from roughly th...
French & Dutch slave trade on Madagascar (1641-1810)
Feb 2, 2023
THIEBAUT, Rafaël, 2018, "French & Dutch slave trade on Madagascar (1641-1810)", https://hdl.handle.net/10622/NZ4YS8, IISH Data Collection, V2
French & Dutch slave trade on Madagascar (1641-1810)
Dutch Ships in Asian Waters in the 17th Century
Aug 8, 2022
Leenstra, Menno; Parthesius, Robert, 2022, "Dutch Ships in Asian Waters in the 17th Century", https://hdl.handle.net/10622/YP2COP, IISH Data Collection, V1, UNF:6:gHs1+yfrceGwrcg8BB2bsg== [fileUNF]
‘Dutch Ships in Asian Waters in the 17th Century’ is a database of around 60.000 voyages carried out by the Dutch East India Company (VOC) from the late sixteenth into the late seventeenth century. The database contains information on ships, crew, cargo, and departure / arrival d...
Vrijburgers Kaap de Goede Hoop 1716
Aug 8, 2022
Van der Spiegel, Ronald, 2022, "Vrijburgers Kaap de Goede Hoop 1716", https://hdl.handle.net/10622/8KCCXB, IISH Data Collection, V1
This dataset contains a list of civil and military VOC servants and their spouses in the Cape of Good Hope with their registered possessions, along with a source description (Dutch).
Slaven Kaap de Goede Hoop 1685
Dec 19, 2019
Van der Spiegel, Ronald, 2019, "Slaven Kaap de Goede Hoop 1685", https://hdl.handle.net/10622/ASIISH, IISH Data Collection, V2
This dataset contains a transcription of a list of slaves present at the VOC company slave house at the Cape of Good Hope in 1685, along with a source description (Dutch).
Monsoon Traders - 18th Century Makassar Shipping Data
Sep 10, 2019 - IISH Data Collection
Knaap, Gerrit; Sutherland, Heather, 2019, "Monsoon Traders - 18th Century Makassar Shipping Data", https://hdl.handle.net/10622/VIUUH7, IISH Data Collection, V1
This dataset contains data on non-European ships calling at the port of Makassar (now on Sulawesi, Indonesia) during the 18th century. It documents cargo, armament, crew, ownership, ship-type, and much more.
Dutch VOC Trade in Asian Slaves
Jul 1, 2019
Dijk, Wil O., 2019, "Dutch VOC Trade in Asian Slaves", https://hdl.handle.net/10622/H0VTDL, IISH Data Collection, V2
Wil O. Dijk's data on Dutch trade in Asian slaves from around the Bay of Bengal.
Mozambique Slave Traders (1750-1897)
Feb 20, 2019
José Capela, 2019, "Mozambique Slave Traders (1750-1897)", https://hdl.handle.net/10622/UJY103, IISH Data Collection, V1
Data from José Capela - DICIONÁRIO DE NEGREIROS EM MOÇAMBIQUE 1750-1897
Dataset on slave trade voyages to and from Madagascar, 1646-1856
Feb 20, 2019
Hooper, Jane, 2019, "Dataset on slave trade voyages to and from Madagascar, 1646-1856", https://hdl.handle.net/10622/E7RMO4, IISH Data Collection, V1
Dataset on slave trade voyages to and from Madagascar, 1646-1856
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