Royal slaves in the Danish-Norwegian West Indies 1792-1848 : living in autonomy

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dc.contributor.authorMARTENS, Vibe Maria
dc.date.accessioned2019-03-01T14:53:27Z
dc.date.available2019-03-01T14:53:27Z
dc.date.issued2016
dc.description.abstractA group of slaves owned by the King of Denmark-Norway, termed Royal Slaves, performed essential and specific functions in the urban colonial society of the Danish-Norwegian West Indies. This article traces the development of this group of slaves and examines their standard of living and level of skills compared to plantation slaves in the Danish-Norwegian West Indies. The article argues that the Royal Slaves, through their access to provision grounds, had opportunities for a better life and developed a particular group identity, and that particular Royal Slaves possessed skills which led them to have positions of substantial social status in the social hierarchy of colonial society. Lastly, the article compares the conditions of living of the Danish-Norwegian Royal Slaves to Royal Slaves in other contemporary slave communities in order to further assess how, and if, the Danish-Norwegian Royal Slaves lived and worked under considerably different conditions than other Royal Slaves across the Caribbean.
dc.identifier.citationScandinavian journal of history, 2016, Vol. 41, No. 4-5, pp. 516-540
dc.identifier.doi10.1080/03468755.2016.1210885
dc.identifier.endpage540
dc.identifier.issn0346-8755
dc.identifier.issn1502-7716en
dc.identifier.issue4-5
dc.identifier.startpage516
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1814/61468
dc.identifier.volume41
dc.language.isoen
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dc.publisherRoutledgeen
dc.relation.ispartofScandinavian journal of history
dc.subjectRoyal Slaves
dc.subjectKing's slaves
dc.subjectDanish-Norwegian West Indies
dc.subjectProto-peasants
dc.subjectProvision grounds
dc.subjectSlave societies
dc.subjectStandards of living
dc.subjectCobreros
dc.subjectWinkel
dc.titleRoyal slaves in the Danish-Norwegian West Indies 1792-1848 : living in autonomy
dc.typeArticle
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