Kok,Gerhard de. — Walcherse ketens. De trans-Atlantische slavenhandel en de economie van Walcheren, 1755-1780.

Zutphen, Walburg Pers, 2020. 255 pp. Col. ills. Softcover.This book focuses on the region of Walcheren in the province of Zeeland during the second half of the eighteenth century. At that time, Vlissingen and Middelburg were the most significant slave-trading cities in the Netherlands. Between 1730 and 1800, slave ships departed from one of these two cities approximately 500 times, laden with valuable export goods to be traded for human beings in West Africa. In this book, Gerhard de Kok examines the commercial firms that participated in the transatlantic slave trade. He investigates the slave traders, the investors, and the various activities involved in outfitting slave ships. De Kok reaches new and striking conclusions regarding the local impact of this branch of trade. Furthermore, he demonstrates how Walcheren was able to develop into the primary hub for the slave trade in the Netherlands. [Publisher].