Frederik Bargum

Henning Frederik Bargum (9 October 1733 – 1813) was a Danish merchant and slave trader. The Yellow Mansion, his former home at Amaliegade 18 in Copenhagen, is now home to the Lord Chamberlain's Office.

Bargum was born in Copenhagen, the son of textile merchant Thomas Carstensen Bargum (c. 1696–1754) and Marie Rebekka Sprich (c. 1703–81). His father was originally from Tønder County. His maternal aunt was married to timber merchant and broker Carl Hieronymus Gustmeier.

Bargum joined Gustmeier's company at an early age. It was responsible for major deliveries of timber for the Royal Danish Navy. In 1755, Bargum was sent abroad to purchase timber for the navy. Two years later he was granted a monopoly of the Danish tobacco trade from the crown for the price of one barrel of gold a year. As of 31 December 1760, he was granted the title Tobacco Director General (generaltobaksdirektør). The new monopoly was poorly received both by the magistrate and the general population. A protest against Bargum was published on the door of the Church of Holmen, and the head of police had to guarantee that commoners would still have access to the same quality of tobacco for one skilling as had been the case before. Bargum was also involved in a controversy with the General Customs Authority (generaltoldkammeret) and the tobacco monopoly was ceded to Peter Borre in March 1761.

Bargum then acquired a hat factory in Copenhagen from a Frenchman named Douilhac. He was at this point also a manufacturer of fish meal.

Bargum was also a driving force behind the establishment of Det danske Guineiske Kompagni. From his travels in England, France, and the Netherlands, he had become familiar with the huge profitability of the slave trade. On 18 March 1765, he was granted a 20-year monopoly on slave trade from the Danish Gold Coast and on 1 November that same year a royal concession on the fortresses of Christiansborg and Fredensborg. The business plan was to purchase gold, ivory, and slaves on the Danish Gold Coast, then sell the slaves in the Danish West Indies and return with raw sugar to Denmark. Three ships were initially acquired. Two of them were named Christiansborg and Fredensborg after the Danish fortresses on the Guinea Coast.^[1] A combined sugar refinery and warehouse was also established at the Børs Dock in Copenhagen. Gustmeier was initially a partner in the enterprise but left it soon thereafter. The company went bankrupt in 1775.

Bergum había huido del país el año anterior. Vivió en Viena en 1782 y en Alsacia en 1784. Posteriormente se trasladó a París. ^{[ 2 ]}

Bargum contrajo matrimonio con Barbara Eleonora Gustmeier el 15 de diciembre de 1762 en la iglesia de San Pedro en Copenhague. Ella era hija del comerciante Carl Hieronimus Gustmeyer (fallecido en 1756) y de Catarina Gustmeyer, de soltera Sprich (fallecida en 1773).

Bargum construyó la Mansión Amarilla en Amaliegade 18 en Copenhague entre 1759 y 1764. La casa fue diseñada por Nicolas-Henri Jardin . También compró un terreno en Frederiksberg en 1765 y posteriormente construyó la casa de campo Forhåbningsholm. ^{[ 3 ]}

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