SummaryThe Dutch participated fully in the Transatlantic Slave Trade. The Dutch colonies, it was said, could not do without enslaved workers. But in the Dutch Provinces people were free; the Dutch were freedom loving Christian people. This articles sketches the legal arguments used by the seventeenth century Dutch jurists regarding slavery, and some slavery related topics as freedom and property. It appears that the pro-slavery arguments were so strong that a profound legal discussion among the jurists on the legitimacy of the institution was considered superfluous.

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十七世纪荷兰法律理论中与奴隶制有关的争论

摘要荷兰人全面参与了跨大西洋奴隶贸易。据说，荷兰殖民地离不开被奴役的工人。但是在荷兰省，人们是自由的；荷兰人是热爱自由的基督徒。本文概述了 17 世纪荷兰法学家使用的关于奴隶制的法律论点，以及一些与奴隶制相关的主题，如自由和财产。支持奴隶制的论点似乎如此强烈，以至于法学家之间关于该机构的合法性的深刻法律讨论被认为是多余的。