ABSTRACT

This article discusses the development of eighteenth century commodity chain of coffee which was largely based on slavery. It highlights the role of the Dutch in this chain and in the intra-European trade. This study shows how the market for coffee was being expanded over the course of less than a century. It shows how consumption reached a mass scale and spread to inland regions on the European continent, notably to German regions along the Rhine river. The article aims to emphasise how this dynamic of market expansion was linked to the expansion of slavery in Dutch Guiana and the French West Indies, especially the rapid growth of Saint Domingue. Finally, this article highlights the importance of this coffee expansion to the Dutch economy. Based on collected data from numerous sources, this article calculates that the share of coffee in Dutch trade value grew from 1% to 9.5% over the course of the eighteenth century and was pivotal to the changing orientation of Dutch foreign trade during this period.

摘要

本文讨论了十八世纪主要基于奴隶制的咖啡商品链的发展。它强调了荷兰人在该链条和欧洲内部贸易中的作用。这项研究表明，在不到一个世纪的时间里，咖啡市场是如何扩展的。它显示了消费如何达到大规模并扩散到欧洲大陆的内陆地区，尤其是莱茵河沿岸的德国地区。本文旨在强调这种市场扩张的动力如何与荷兰圭亚那和法属西印度群岛的奴隶制扩张，特别是圣多明各的迅速发展联系在一起。最后，本文强调了这种咖啡扩展对荷兰经济的重要性。根据从众多来源收集的数据，