The Royal Society, slavery and the island of Jamaica: 1660-1700
The Royal Society, slavery and the island of Jamaica: 1660-1700
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10.1098/rsnr.1999.0075
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1999-05-01
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Govier, M
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Govier, M
这篇论文展示了早期皇家学会、奴隶殖民地和西非奴隶贸易之间存在的相互关系，最初是在皇家冒险家的支持下，后来是在皇家非洲公司(RAC)的支持下。首先，它审查了各机构之间成员资格重叠的程度。其次，它记录了协会对RAC股份的所有权。第三，它调查协会成员参与管理(当时的)奴隶殖民地牙买加的情况。最后，本报告摘录了该协会在这个新兴帝国的前哨地区的驻外函件，并摘录了有关欧洲人和非洲人肤色差异原因的日常会议讨论。在1699年出售其在RAC的股份后，已知该协会对奴隶贸易没有进一步的投资。
This paper presents evidence of the interrelationships that existed between the Royal Society in its early years, the slave colonies, and the West African slave trade, first under the auspices of the Royal Adventurers, and later the Royal African Company (RAC). First, it examines the extent of the overlapping of memberships between the bodies. Second, it chronicles the Society's ownership of shares in the RAC. Third, it investigates involvement by Fellows of the Society in the administration of the (then) slave colony of Jamaica. Finally, it presents a few relevant extracts from the Society's foreign correspondence from outposts of the rising empire, and also extracts from discussions at ordinary meetings concerning the cause of the differences in colour between Europeans and Africans. Following the sale of its shares in the RAC in 1699, no further investments in the slave trade by the Society are known to have occurred.