Author: NETTELBECK, Joachim.
Title: Ein Mann. Des Seefahrers und aufrechten Bürgers Joachim Nettelbeck wundersame Lebensgeschichte von ihm selbst erzählt. Verlag: Ebenhausen bei München, Wilhelm Langewiesche - Brandt,
Description: Ebenhausen bei München, Wilhelm Langewiesche - Brandt, 1910. Contemporary half calf. With portrait and woodcut initials. 459 pp. Joachim Nettelbeck (1738-1824) extensively reports on his second slave journey in his memoirs. He opposes the image that slave traders such as himself had committed daily atrocities towards slaves. Nettelbeck is the only sailor to have published his experiences aboard a Dutch slave ship (Henk den Heijer, Nederlands slavernij-verleden, p. 222-223).

Keywords: Africa Dutch maritime history West Africa slavery