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H. J. (Herman Jeremias) Nieboer
1873–1920
Best known for a pioneering study of slavery, this Dutch scholar and public figure brought legal training and social concern together in work that still draws attention today. He moved between academic research and public life in the Netherlands at the turn of the twentieth century.
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Slavery as an industrial system : Ethnological researches.
by H. J. (Herman Jeremias) Nieboer
About the author
Born in Hengelo in 1873, Herman Jeremias Nieboer studied law at Utrecht University and earned his doctorate with Slavery as an Industrial System, first published in 1900. The book approached slavery comparatively and analytically, helping establish his reputation as a serious researcher of social and economic institutions.
Nieboer was also active in public life. He became involved with the Dutch Social Democratic Workers' Party (SDAP) and served in local and provincial politics, including work in The Hague. That mix of scholarship and civic engagement gives his writing a practical, socially minded edge.
He died in The Hague in 1920. Although he is not widely known today, Slavery as an Industrial System has remained the work most closely associated with his name and continues to be reissued and discussed by later readers.