bad-taste jokes aside, Badin is a fascinating figure. even though we don't really know what he thought of his role as servant to the royal family, we do know that they were very fond of him. they all were named his godparents at his baptism and he was entrusted with a lot of their secrets.
That is pretty much how it worked in most European countries at the time. During or in the late middle ages, slavery was outlawed in a lot of European countries. But none of that legislation applied to the colonies during the early modern period.
So a lot of European countries had to abolish slavery twice (or more).
Yet, they still own the Norwegian regions of Jemtland and Herjedalen, so while colonialism and Wasa was their biggest failures, they got something from it.
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proti@lemmy.world · 37 pts · 16d
Jokes on you, I haven't heard about it
PattyMcB@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 16d
I'm in this boat, too. TIL
Dave@lemmy.nz · 4 pts · 16d
I have! But not until this moment.
pmk@piefed.ca · 26 pts · 16d
If I remember right sweden lost a tiny colony because the guy who ran it just sold it without being authorized to do so and ran off with the money.
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 16d
You know the guy's name because that sure sounds like great uncle gran
lime@feddit.nu · 26 pts · 16d
we were so bad at it that any slave that came here automatically became a
free mancourt servant.bad-taste jokes aside, Badin is a fascinating figure. even though we don't really know what he thought of his role as servant to the royal family, we do know that they were very fond of him. they all were named his godparents at his baptism and he was entrusted with a lot of their secrets.
mushroomman_toad@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 13 pts · 16d
Slavery was legal in Saint Barthélemy, though. It is a huge stain on the history of the Swedish Empire.
lime@feddit.nu · 10 pts · 16d
oh yeah absolutely, we did trade slaves even though it was illegal here. classic "playing both sides" stuff.
Rothe@piefed.social · 14 pts · 16d
That is pretty much how it worked in most European countries at the time. During or in the late middle ages, slavery was outlawed in a lot of European countries. But none of that legislation applied to the colonies during the early modern period.
So a lot of European countries had to abolish slavery twice (or more).
CarbonIceDragon@pawb.social · 9 pts · 16d
Whenever this meme comes up, I like to mention Courland's colonial empire if you can even call it that
MacAnus@sh.itjust.works · 6 pts · 16d
Being the worst at something bad isn't something to ba ashamed of :)
Griffus@lemmy.zip · 5 pts · 16d
Söta bror doing söt colonialism
Yet, they still own the Norwegian regions of Jemtland and Herjedalen, so while colonialism and Wasa was their biggest failures, they got something from it.
kuiskaaja@lemmy.ml · 7 pts · 16d
those regions havent been norwegian for almost 400 years, maybe it's time to let go buddy
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 15d
not every war is colonialism. I can see going to war (and as a californian, the irony is not at all lost on me) over the Sound Dues