To what extent did the Netherlands grow rich from the Transatlantic slave trade? In his dissertation “Walcherse Ketens,” Gerhard de Kok looks at Vlissingen and Middelburg, the most important slave trade cities in the Netherlands during the second half of the 18th century. It turns out that, although the slave trade comprised only a small fraction of Dutch national trade, it had a major economic impact at a local level.
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Source: Phys.org