@inbook{038a69d3be144ad88f883aaa96e968d8,
title = "A versatile island: The role of S{\~a}o Tom{\'e} in the slave trade during the period of WIC occupation, 1641-1649",
abstract = "Despite their acknowledgement of S{\~a}o Tom{\'e}{\textquoteright}s position as the principal market for Dutch slaves in 1646–1648, historians have largely neglected to investigate the nature of the slave trade with and via this island during the period of occupation by the Dutch West India Company (WIC), 1641–1649. Likewise, they have failed to address the importance of S{\~a}o Tom{\'e} for the activities of Dutch, foreign, and interloper slavers and how this island was incorporated into the already existing slave trade networks of the WIC. This article attempts to f ill this historiographical void by examining S{\~a}o Tom{\'e}{\textquoteright}s involvement in the slave trade during the period of WIC occupation. By using a large variety of primary sources, we can paint a picture of a versatile island that not only functioned as an entrep{\^o}t for the re-export of slaves and a market for the sale of captives, but also as a victualling station for passing slavers and a haven for foreign crews and local merchants alike",
keywords = "Slavery, Slave Trade, S{\~a}o Tom{\'e}, Dutch West India Company, Entrep{\^o}t",
author = "Florian Herrendorf",
year = "2025",
month = jan,
day = "6",
doi = "10.5117/9789048560493\_ch01",
language = "English",
isbn = "9789048560493",
series = "Slavery and Emancipation",
publisher = "Amsterdam University Press",
pages = "21--43",
editor = "Ramona N{\'e}gron and \{den Oudsten\}, Jessica and \{de Koning\}, Camilla and Karwan Fatah-Black",
booktitle = "The Dutch transatlantic slave trade",
address = "Netherlands",
}