Abstract
White Lies and Black Markets: Evading Metropolitan Authority in Colonial Suriname, 1650–1800, written by Karwan Fatah-Black
Highlights
If the Dutch realm remains somewhat underrepresented in the field of Atlantic World studies, this is through no fault of the editorial team at Brill, which has published a steady stream of relevant work in recent years
Drawing primarily on shipping records, Fatah-Black traces the movement of vessels to and from Paramaribo as they crossed both regional waters and imperial domains
Fatah-Black suggests that the lies and deceit inherent in such duplicity, along with the “black markets” tied to illicit transimperial contraband trade, were central to the functioning of Suriname’s shipping networks, and to the colony’s entire economy
Summary
Karwan Fatah-Black White Lies and Black Markets: Evading Metropolitan Authority in Colonial Suriname, 1650–1800. If the Dutch realm remains somewhat underrepresented in the field of Atlantic World studies, this is through no fault of the editorial team at Brill, which has published a steady stream of relevant work in recent years.
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