Verhandelte (Un-)Freiheit - Sklaverei, Leibeigenschaft und innereuropäischer Wissenstransfer am Ausgang des 18. Jahrhunderts
Veröffentlichungsdatum
2017
Autoren
Zusammenfassung
The Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation is usually not perceived as a slave-holding state. Still, German envoys, merchants, missionaries, and soldiers brought back trafficked people with them - very often via other European countries and colonies. As in neighboring jurisdictions, the legal status of these trafficked persons in Germany was far from clear. Drawing on diverse court cases, this article shows how slave-holders and the enslaved sought legal arguments for their cause by activating networks and searching for precedents beyond the empire's borders. The German case not only documents the explicit affirmation of the slave status but also reveals entanglements with serfdom.
Schlagwörter
Early Modern History
;
German History
;
History of Slavery
;
European History
;
Abolition of Slavery
;
Slave Trade
;
18th Century
;
Holy Roman Empire
;
Abolitionism
;
Prussian History
;
Atlantic History
;
History of domestic service
;
Legal History of Slavery and its Abolition
;
Transatlantic Slave Trade
;
History of Serfdom
Verlag
Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht
Institution
Fachbereich
Institute
Dokumenttyp
Artikel/Aufsatz
Zeitschrift/Sammelwerk
Band
43
Startseite
347
Endseite
380
Zweitveröffentlichung
Nein
Sprache
Deutsch
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