Ben Franklin's World15 Mar 2022

324 New Netherland and Slavery

After Henry Hudson’s 1609-voyage along the river that now bears his name, Dutch traders began to visit and trade at the area they called New Netherland. In 1614, the Dutch established a trading post near present-day Albany, New York. In 1624, the Dutch West India Company built the settlement of New Amsterdam. How did the colony of New Netherland take shape? In what ways did the Dutch West India Company and private individuals use enslaved labor to develop the colony? Andrea Mosterman, an Associate Professor of History at the University of New Orleans and author of Spaces of Enslavement: A History of Slavery and Resistance in Dutch New York, joins us to explore what life was like in New Netherland and early New York, especially for the enslaved people who did much of the work to build this Dutch, and later English, colony. Show Notes: https://www.benfranklinsworld.com/324 Complementary Episodes 🎧 Episode 121: Wim Klooster, The Dutch Moment in the 17th-Century Atlantic World 🎧 Episode 159: The Revolutionary Economy 🎧 Episode 161: Smuggling and the American Revolution 🎧 Episode 170: Wendy Warren, Slavery in Early New England 🎧 Episode 185: Joyce Goodfriend, Early New York City and its Culture 🎧 Episode 226: Ryan Quintana, Making the State of South Carolina 🎧 Episode 242: David Young, A History of Early Delaware 🎧 Episode 256: Christian Koot, Mapping Empire in the Chesapeake REQUEST A TOPIC 📨 Topic Request Form 📫 liz@benfranklinsworld.com WHEN YOU'RE READY 🗞️ BFW Gazette Newsletter 👩‍💻 Join the BFW Listener Community LISTEN 🎧 🍎 Apple Podcasts 💚 Spotify 🎶 Amazon Music 🛜 Pandora CONNECT 🦋 Liz on Bluesky 👩‍💻 Liz on LinkedIn 🛜 Liz’s Website SAY THANKS 💜 Leave a review on Apple Podcasts 💚 Leave a rating on Spotify Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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