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• Dutch Genealogy - Quick Tip – Podcast episode about New Netherland and Slavery

• Dutch Genealogy - Sources about Slavery – 1.9 Million Records Online

• Dutch Slave Trade | Slavery and Remembrance

• Into the triangle trade

  A history of human trafficking, pursuit of profit and distressing archival documents from the collections of the Zeeland Archives (Netherlands). It explains the Dutch involvement in the slave trade and the conditions on board such a ship, based on original records.

• Researching Slave Trade in the Archives of the MCC - Zeeuws Archief

• Scheepsreizen van de MCC - Zeeuws Archief / Ship voyages of the MCC - Zeeuws Archief

  Nearly 300 voyages across the world's oceans by the Middelburg Commercie Compagnie out of Zeeland, Netherlands. For trading and making profit. Trade in goods and approximately 31,000 enslaved Africans. Map, ships, persons, explanation, and blog.

• Slaveneigenaren in Amsterdam 1863 / Slave owners in Amsterdam 1863

  A Google map project that shows the owners of slaves and their residence in The Netherlands, with links to the National Archvies database.

• Slavenregister

  Index and scans of slave registers of Suriname 1834-1863

• Slavernijverleden | Nationaal Archief

  Research guide of the National Archives of the Netherlands for research into slavery in former colonies of the Netherlands.

• Slavery - Rijksmuseum

• Slavery | Nationaal Archief

  Important archives on slavery have been digitised over the past years by the National Archives of the Netherlands, in cooperation with Metamorfoze, the Netherlands' national programme for the preservation of paper heritage. On this page, visitors can access the 1.9 million scans that have become available so far from institutions in the Netherlands, England, Guyana and Suriname.

  • Aruba: slavernij en emancipatie

    Database and images of records of enslaved and freed people in Aruba 1840-1863. Aruba, part of the Dutch West Indies or Netherlands Antilles, was a colony of the Netherlands.

  • Borderellen en emancipatieregisters St. Eustatius

    Database and images of records of enslaved and freed people in St. Eustatius 1840-1863. St. Eustatius, part of the Dutch West Indies or Netherlands Antilles, was a colony of the Netherlands.

  • Curaçao: Slavenregister en emanicipatieregisters - Nationaal Archief

    Slave registers and Emancipation Registers of Curacao in the Netherlands Antilles, 1839-1863. These records registered the enslaved population until manumission.

  • Curaçao: Vrij van Slavernij (manumissies) | Nationaal Archief

    Index of freed slaves in Curacao from 1832 to 1863.

  • Oost-Indië: Slavernij Mailrapporten

  • Oost-Indië: Slavernij Verbalen

  • Suriname en Nederlandse Antillen: Vrijverklaarde slaven (Emancipatie 1863)

  • Suriname: Slavenregisters (nieuwe dataset)

  • Suriname: Vrijgelaten slaven en hun eigenaren (manumissies)

• Sources for the Mutual history of Ghana and the Netherlands

  Research guide for the historical connections between Ghana and the Netherlands. Includes information about the transatlantic slave trade.