Fifty years later. Capitalism, modernity, and antislavery in the Dutch orbit

The Dutch were late in abolishing the slave trade (1814) and slavery (1863). This volume raises and attempts to answer a number of questions regarding this tardiness: why did Holland, identified as a pioneer of modern capitalism, fail to generate a major anti-slavery movement? And why did it take the Dutch so long to follow the lead of apparently more ‘modern’ nations in abolishing the slave trade and slavery? CONTENTS Gert Oostindie: Introduction; Explaining Dutch abolition / Seymour Drescher: The long goodbye; Dutch capitalism and antislavery in comparative perspective / Maarten Kuitenbrouwer: The Dutch case of antislavery; Late abolitions and elitist abolitionism / Angelie Sens: Dutch antislavery attitudes in a decline-ridden society, 1750-1815 / Edwin Horlings: An economic explanation of the late abolition of slavery in Suriname / Alex van Stipriaan: Suriname and the abolition of slavery / Gert Oostindie: Same old song? Perspectives on slavery and slaves in Suriname and Curaao / Robert Ross: Abolitionism, the Batavian Republic, the British, and the Cape Colony / Gerrit J. Knaap: Slavery and the Dutch in Southeast Asia / Pieter C. Emmer: The ideology of free labor and Dutch colonial policy, 1830-1870 / Stanley L. Engerman: Emancipations in comparative perspective; A long and wide view / Seymour Drescher: Epilogue; Reflections.