This project collects and curates datasets on slave trade and slavery in the Indian Ocean and wider maritime Asian worlds.
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Slave trade prices in the Indian Ocean, Indonesian Archipelago and Atlantic worlds
May 16, 2025
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]
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 mode...
1. 2020-11-16D Slave trade prices database - JGH - MvR.tab
May 16, 2025 - Slave trade prices in the Indian Ocean, Indonesian Archipelago and Atlantic worlds
Tabular Data - 478.7 KB - 35 Variables, 1751 Observations - UNF:6:LK10CyRarIzmCHN6L7wiAA==
Data
Full set in .xlsx (Excel)
2. Van Rossum JGH Global Perspective Early Modern Slave Trade Prices.pdf
May 16, 2025 - Slave trade prices in the Indian Ocean, Indonesian Archipelago and Atlantic worlds
Adobe PDF - 913.7 KB - MD5: 638e815a147a93cace2a6436a1b0a44e
Documentation
This article serves as the database's documentation.
3. 2020-11-16D Slave trade prices database - JGH - MvR - tab VOC Archive References.csv
May 16, 2025 - Slave trade prices in the Indian Ocean, Indonesian Archipelago and Atlantic worlds
Comma Separated Values - 388.9 KB - MD5: 05f678ee9077ac310747cd1072000d7e
tab VOC Archive References
4. 2020-11-16D Slave trade prices database - JGH - MvR - tab BGB - VOC Purchase Values.csv
May 16, 2025 - Slave trade prices in the Indian Ocean, Indonesian Archipelago and Atlantic worlds
Comma Separated Values - 86.0 KB - MD5: aec1937c414b99ed1a07c9dfdcea18cc
tab BGB - VOC Purchase Values
5. 2020-11-16D Slave trade prices database - JGH - MvR - tab Prices Weighed Av.csv
May 16, 2025 - Slave trade prices in the Indian Ocean, Indonesian Archipelago and Atlantic worlds
Comma Separated Values - 44.7 KB - MD5: 16607f395c6ca4d19abf576139255c9f
tab Prices Weighed Av
6. 2020-11-16D Slave trade prices database - JGH - MvR - tab Price Series.csv
May 16, 2025 - Slave trade prices in the Indian Ocean, Indonesian Archipelago and Atlantic worlds
Comma Separated Values - 147.9 KB - MD5: 65a5eb451f9f37c1615f08163c1caff9
tab Price Series
7. 2020-11-16D Slave trade prices database - JGH - MvR - tab OverviewForFigures.csv
May 16, 2025 - Slave trade prices in the Indian Ocean, Indonesian Archipelago and Atlantic worlds
Comma Separated Values - 43.5 KB - MD5: 760a586e4431b89d507e470f890c8ad4
tab OverviewForFigures
ESTA Database Locations (GLOBALISE Replication)
Apr 11, 2025
Konings, Pascal, 2025, "ESTA Database Locations (GLOBALISE Replication)", https://hdl.handle.net/10622/JBUC05, IISH Data Collection, V1, UNF:6:n4Cmgv2lrWYyo90PYK2aGA== [fileUNF]
The dataset ‘ESTA Database Locations (GLOBALISE Replication)’ covers the (projected) locations in the Exploring Slave Trade in Asia (ESTA) project’s database as of January 2023. The ESTA Database contains data on slave trade movements, often maritime, in the larger Indian Ocean b...
Data Description Annex v.1.0 ESTA Database Locations (GLOBALISE).docx
Apr 11, 2025 - ESTA Database Locations (GLOBALISE Replication)
MS Word - 19.6 KB - MD5: 2ec60dbaa2cb04cffc914906f137fec7
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