{"id":2968,"date":"2024-05-29T10:14:12","date_gmt":"2024-05-29T08:14:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/museum.sites2.itd.tools\/tafel-06\/"},"modified":"2024-11-04T08:00:23","modified_gmt":"2024-11-04T07:00:23","slug":"tafel-06","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/museum.braasch.sh\/en\/tafel-06\/","title":{"rendered":"06"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"2968\" class=\"elementor elementor-2968 elementor-442\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e1f73de tafel-nav elementor-hidden-desktop e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"e1f73de\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;,&quot;sticky&quot;:&quot;top&quot;,&quot;sticky_offset_mobile&quot;:58,&quot;sticky_offset&quot;:50,&quot;sticky_on&quot;:[&quot;desktop&quot;,&quot;tablet&quot;,&quot;mobile&quot;],&quot;sticky_effects_offset&quot;:0,&quot;sticky_anchor_link_offset&quot;:0}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8609438 elementor-nav-menu__align-center elementor-nav-menu--dropdown-none elementor-widget elementor-widget-nav-menu\" data-id=\"8609438\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;layout&quot;:&quot;horizontal&quot;,&quot;submenu_icon&quot;:{&quot;value&quot;:&quot;&lt;svg aria-hidden=\\&quot;true\\&quot; 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There, the traders loaded their ships with human \u201ccargo\u201d \u2013 hunted, dragged away and accustomed to tropical temperatures.<\/p><p>The voyage across the Atlantic to the West Indies lasted many weeks; the slaves were held in very cramped conditions. Many did not survive the journey.<\/p><p>The hard working conditions and poor treatment meant that the number of slaves that died always exceeded the number of new born slaves. As a result, \u201creplenishments\u201d were always needed.<\/p><p>Although the Flensburg ships took their cargo, which consisted mostly of building materials, directly to the Caribbean and were not used for the slave trade, all those involved in the sugar and rum trade ultimately profited from the slave trade.<\/p><p>The triangular trade lasted over 300 years. It is estimated that in all 10 to 15 million Africans were enslaved in that period.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-64ee9b9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"64ee9b9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><em><strong>Heinrich Carl von Schimmelmann<\/strong>, an enterprising merchant from Pommern and treasurer to the Danish crown, perfected the triangular trade. From 1763, he owned the four largest plantations on the islands, and more than 1000 slaves worked on his estates. The triangular trade made him the richest man in Europe. He is also well-known in connection with Ahrensburg near Hamburg. He bought the castle of the same name and laid the foundation stone for the current city.<\/em><\/p><p><em>Influenced by none other than his son, <strong>Ernst von Schimmelmann<\/strong>, Denmark became the first European nation to prohibit the slave trade in 1792 \u2013 although there was a transitional period of 10 years &#8230;<\/em><\/p><p><em>However, it was the last governor general of the Danish West Indies, <strong>Peter von Scholten<\/strong>, who finally put an end to slavery. On 3 July 1848, he gave the slaves on the islands their freedom \u2013 a daring step, which led to attempts to remove him from office and take away his pension.<\/em><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f1ff123 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"f1ff123\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">More captions:<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e9105ce elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e9105ce\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li><p>The plan of the English slave ship \u201cBrookes\u201d<\/p><\/li><li><p>An \u201cS\u201d in a heart \u2013 the macabre branding mark for Schimmelmann slaves.<\/p><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>06 The dark side to the flourishing trade Slaves, sugar and rum were among the most important drivers of the \u201ctransatlantic triangular trade\u201d, which linked Europe, West Africa and America from the 16th to the 19th century. Europe supplied mainly cheap goods such as cloth, weapons and spirits to the coast of Western Africa. 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