Beyond Exceptionalism: Traces of Slavery and the Slave Trade in Early Modern Germany, 1650–1850

Open Access Published by De Gruyter Oldenbourg 2021

Beyond Exceptionalism

Traces of Slavery and the Slave Trade in Early Modern Germany, 1650–1850

Edited by: Rebekka von Mallinckrodt , Josef Köstlbauer and Sarah Lentz

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110748833

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Open Access

While the economic involvement of early modern Germany in slavery and the slave trade is increasingly receiving attention, the direct participation of Germans in human trafficking remains a blind spot in historiography. This edited volume focuses on practices of enslavement taking place within German territories in the early modern period as well as on the people of African, Asian, and Native American descent caught up in them.

Author / Editor information

Rebekka von Mallinckrodt and Sarah Lentz, University of Bremen; Josef Köstlbauer, University of Bonn, Germany.

Reviews

"Scholars of the Atlantic World must pay attention to the arguments and evidence in this book. For too long Germany and central Europe more generally have not been included in scholarly conversations about the extent and impact of slavery and the transatlantic slave trade. At its very heart, this book shows that we cannot ignore the experiences of enslaved people in Germany, nor Germany’s connections with slavery and the slave trade." – Rebecca Anne Goetz (New York) in Francia-Recensio 2022/4, Frühe Neuzeit – Revolution – Empire (1500–1815), DOI: https://doi.org/10.11588/frrec.2022.4.92015

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Frontmatter Open Access Download PDF	I
Acknowledgements Open Access Download PDF	V
Contents Open Access Download PDF	VII
List of Illustrations Open Access Download PDF	IX
List of Contributors Open Access Download PDF	XI
Beyond Exceptionalism – Traces of Slavery and the Slave Trade in Early Modern Germany, 1650–1850 Rebekka Mallinckrodt, Sarah Lentz and Josef Köstlbauer Open Access Download PDF	XV
1 Germany and the Early Modern Atlantic World: Economic Involvement and Historiography Klaus Weber Open Access Download PDF	26
2 Violence, Social Status, and Blackness in Early Modern Germany: The Case of the Black Trumpeter Christian Real (ca. 1643–after 1674) Arne Spohr Open Access Download PDF	56
3 Slavery and Skin: The Native Americans Ocktscha Rinscha and Tuski Stannaki in the Holy Roman Empire, 1722–1734 Craig Koslofsky Open Access Download PDF	80
4 “I Have No Shortage of Moors”: Mission, Representation, and the Elusive Semantics of Slavery in Eighteenth-Century Moravian Sources Josef Köstlbauer Open Access Download PDF	108
5 Slavery and the Law in Eighteenth-Century Germany Rebekka Mallinckrodt Open Access Download PDF	136
6 From Slave Purchases to Child Redemption: A Comparison of Aristocratic and Middle-Class Recruiting Practices for “Exotic” Staff in Habsburg Austria Walter Sauer Open Access Download PDF	162
7 Black Hamburg: People of Asian and African Descent Navigating a Late Eighteenth- and Early Nineteenth-Century Job Market Annika Bärwald Open Access Download PDF	188
8 Invisible Products of Slavery: American Medicinals and Dyestuffs in the Holy Roman Empire Jutta Wimmler Open Access Download PDF	214
9 An Augsburg Pastor’s Views on Africans, the Slave Trade, and Slavery: Gottlieb Tobias Wilhelm’s Conversations about Man (1804) Mark Häberlein Open Access Download PDF	238
10 “We Do Not Need Any Slaves; We Use Oxen and Horses”: Children’s Letters from Moravian Communities in Central Europe to Slaves’ Children in Suriname (1829) Jessica Cronshagen Open Access Download PDF	264
11 “No German Ship Conducts Slave Trade!” The Public Controversy about German Participation in the Slave Trade during the 1840s Sarah Lentz Open Access Download PDF	286

(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: De Gruyter Oldenbourg
Audience: Scholars and students of early modern and modern German history, Slavery studies, and Black Studies; General public
Pages
- Front matter: 13
- Main content: 311
Illustrations
- Illustrations: 13
- Coloured Illustrations: 8
Keywords: Slavery; Germany; Atlantic history

eBook

Published: August 23, 2021
ISBN: 9783110748833

Hardcover

Published: August 23, 2021
ISBN: 9783110748697

Paperback

Published: May 8, 2023
ISBN: 9783111277318