Repertoires of Slavery: Dutch Theater Between Abolitionism and Colonial Subjection, 1770-1810

Cover -- Table Of Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- 1. Dutch Politics, The Slavery-based Economy, And Theatrical Culture In 1800 -- A Golden Age? -- Economic Downturns And Political Uprisings -- Dutch Abolitionism And Resistance In The Colonies -- The Politics And Aesthetics Of Dutch Theater -- 2. Suffering Victims: Slavery, Sympathy, And White Self-glorification -- Selico And The Pattern Of The Disrupted West African Family -- Plantation Testimonies And Sympathy Rewarded In De Negers -- Kraspoekol, The Colonial Oikos, And The Bildung Of The White Hero Antislavery As A Window Of Opportunity -- 3. Contented Fools: Ridiculing And Re-commercializing Slavery -- Blacking-up Around 1800 -- A Black Needs Little To Enjoy His Life -- Subversion And Spectacle In Pantalon, Oost-indisch Planter -- Zabi, Or Early Blackface Burlesque In Paulus En Virginia -- The Repertoire Of Slavery, Minstrelsy, And Black Pete -- 4. Black Rebels: Slavery, Human Rights, And The Legitimacy Of Resistance -- Monzongo And The Justified Revolt Against Spanish Tyranny -- Imagining The Haitian Revolution And The Black Spartacus In De Blanke En De Zwarte The Batavian Temple Of Liberty -- A Pedestal For Raynal? -- 5. Conclusions -- Bibliography -- Appendix -- 1 Antislavery Plays Published In The Netherlands, 1770-1810 -- 2 Performances Of The Dutch Repertoire Of Slavery -- Index -- List Of Figures -- Figure 1 Colored Engraving For Jean-pierre C. De Florian, Selico, Eene Afrikaansche Geschiedenis, In Nieuwe Vertellingen Van Den Heer M. Florian, Trans. Daniël Vrijdag (the Hague: J.c. Leeuwenstijn, 1801). We See The Three Brothers Taking Care Of Their Figure 2 Engraving By Quirinus Van Amelsfoort For Adriaan Van Der Willigen's Selico (haarlem: Jan Van Walré, 1794). Selico And Berissa Are Freed From The Stake, And Faruhlo Is Depicted Kneeling In Front Of Trura Audati, Who Sits On His Royal Throne. The -- Figure 3 Costume Design For An African Sovereign (afrikaansch Vorst) By Leerzaam Vermaak (ca. 1785-1817). Figure 4 Engraving For August Von Kotzebue, Die Negersklaven: Ein Historisch-dramatisches Gemählde In Drey Akten (leipzig: Kummer, 1796). The Engraving Depicts The Kneeling Mother, Pointing At Her Chest To Show How She Pierced Her Baby's Heart With A Nai -- Figure 5 Engraving For Dirk Van Hogendorp's Kraspoekol, Of De Slaaverny (delft: M. Roelofswaert, 1800). Tjampakka In The Middle, With Half Of The Plate In Her Hands As Proof That The Plate Was Already Broken. -- Figure 6 Pencil Drawing By Jan Brandes (1782-1783). The Enslaved Girl Roosje And Brandes's Son, Jantje, In An Office In Batavia. Sarah J. Adams. Figure 7 Watercolor By Jan Brandes, Depicting Free And Enslaved People Of Ceylon And The Traditional Condé Hairstyle, Which Also Appears In Van Hogendorp's Index Of Characters (1785-1786). Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Electronic Reproduction. Baltimore, Md Available Via World Wide Web.