Includes bibliographical references and index.

The Danish slave trade -- Volume and composition of the slave trade and the trade cargoes -- Transatlantic slave trade shipping -- Slave trade in the Danish West Indies and in Asia -- Abolition of the Atlantic slave trade -- Prelude in Denmark prior to 1792 -- Ernst Schimmelmann -- The Slave Trade Commission and its report, 1791 -- The Abolition Edict, 1792 -- Transitional period, 1792-1802 -- Developments after 1803 -- The Slave Trade Commission's report, 1791 -- Appendix A to the report: Specification of ships departed from the Gold Coast -- Appendix B to the report: Slaves bought at Danish settlements on the Gold Coast, 1777-89 -- Appendix C to the report: Danish slave trade cargo, about 1790 -- Appendix D to the report: Number of Negroes on Saint Croix, 1780-90 -- Appendix E to the report: Negroes on Saint Croix plantations indebted to the King, listed by gender -- Appendix F to the report: Negroes on Saint Thomas and Saint John plantations indebted to the King, listed by gender -- Appendix G to the report: Negroes on plantations on Saint Croix belonging to Count von Schimmelmann's family trust -- Appendix H to the report: Negroes on plantations on Saint Croix belonging to Count von Schimmelmann's family trust, listed by gender -- The Abolition Edict, 1792.

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