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Gerhard de Kok
@gerharddekok
Diving into data-driven historical research. Excited about AI, good stories and Mexican food. PhD, Leiden University. Historian and programmer.
Dec 10, 2021 • 19 tweets • 6 min read
This might surprise you: in 1750, in the time of the Transatlantic slave trade, a Norwegian captain of a Dutch slave ship was put on trial in Amsterdam for … human trafficking. He was accused of seizing Africans and selling them into slavery in Suriname. (1/18) This is first and foremost the story of seven men, Kakera Acotie, Quasie Henkaba, Cobena Manson, Japa, Popo, Injacoreda and Atta from the Gold Coast town of Elmina and the Fante state (in present day Ghana). The men earned their living as canoemen along the African coast. (2/18)