1.
Østhus, Hanne
The Case of Adam Jacobsen. Enslavement in 18th-Century Norway Journal Article
In: Scandinavian Journal of History, vol. 48, iss. 5, pp. 635-655, 2023.
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2.
Østhus, Hanne
Slaver og ikke-europeiske tjenestefolk i Danmark og Norge på 1700- og begynnelsen av 1800-tallet Journal Article
In: Arbeiderhistorie, vol. 22, pp. 33-47, 2018.
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3.
Østhus, Hanne
Servants in Rural Norway, ca. 1650-1800 Book Chapter
In: Whittle, Jane (Ed.): Servants in Rural Europe, ca. 1400-1900, pp. 113-130, 2017.
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4.
Østhus, Hanne
Tvunget til tjeneste? Tjenesteplikten i Danmark-Norge på 1700-tallet og begynnelsen av 1800-tallet Journal Article
In: Arbetarhistoria, iss. 3-4, pp. 26-31, 2017.
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2023
Østhus, Hanne
The Case of Adam Jacobsen. Enslavement in 18th-Century Norway Journal Article
In: Scandinavian Journal of History, vol. 48, iss. 5, pp. 635-655, 2023.
Abstract | Tags: early modern history, norway, scandinavia, slavery
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volume = {48},
issue = {5},
pages = {635-655},
abstract = {The article explores the life of Adam Jacobsen, an enslaved man who was trafficked from the Danish West Indies to the small town of Arendal in southern Norway sometime around 1780. By using the micro-spatial perspective the article aims to investigate how Jacobsen and others who were trafficked from America, Africa and Asia to Europe were understood within the broader processes of marketization and racialization that occurred with the development of the Atlantic slave trade. The article examines how these processes were given a localized expression through investigations of different ‘sites’: the geographical places of St. Croix and, primarily, Arendal, and the institutional sites of the household and the interrogation room. In St. Croix, Jacobsen lived in a society constructed around plantation slavery. In Arendal, he was a working member of his owner’s household residing with local servants and a local family, but he was also singled out and often racialized. Jacobsen’s life story, then, demonstrates how colonial slavery extended into Europe in a way that not only concerned capital and goods but also trafficking of people.},
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The article explores the life of Adam Jacobsen, an enslaved man who was trafficked from the Danish West Indies to the small town of Arendal in southern Norway sometime around 1780. By using the micro-spatial perspective the article aims to investigate how Jacobsen and others who were trafficked from America, Africa and Asia to Europe were understood within the broader processes of marketization and racialization that occurred with the development of the Atlantic slave trade. The article examines how these processes were given a localized expression through investigations of different ‘sites’: the geographical places of St. Croix and, primarily, Arendal, and the institutional sites of the household and the interrogation room. In St. Croix, Jacobsen lived in a society constructed around plantation slavery. In Arendal, he was a working member of his owner’s household residing with local servants and a local family, but he was also singled out and often racialized. Jacobsen’s life story, then, demonstrates how colonial slavery extended into Europe in a way that not only concerned capital and goods but also trafficking of people.
2018
Østhus, Hanne
Slaver og ikke-europeiske tjenestefolk i Danmark og Norge på 1700- og begynnelsen av 1800-tallet Journal Article
In: Arbeiderhistorie, vol. 22, pp. 33-47, 2018.
Abstract | Tags: 19th century, denmark, domestic service, early modern history, norway, service, slavery
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2017
Østhus, Hanne
Servants in Rural Norway, ca. 1650-1800 Book Chapter
In: Whittle, Jane (Ed.): Servants in Rural Europe, ca. 1400-1900, pp. 113-130, 2017.
Abstract | Tags: agrarian labour and rural history, early modern history, norway, service
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Østhus, Hanne
Tvunget til tjeneste? Tjenesteplikten i Danmark-Norge på 1700-tallet og begynnelsen av 1800-tallet Journal Article
In: Arbetarhistoria, iss. 3-4, pp. 26-31, 2017.
Abstract | Tags: denmark, early modern history, household, norway, service
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