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people. There was an exception, because otherwise "the owners of slaves would often be deprived of their legal property against their will." This meant that if slave owners did not intend to free their property and their stay in the Netherlands was shorter than 6 months, or with special court permission up to 12 months, the slaves were not freed. If slaves were not sent back within this time window, they would have to be freed. It is unclear how consistently this rule was enforced.
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confrontations were settled to the detriment of the slaves. After a final battle on August 31, the uprising was crushed. The two leaders Tula and Carpata, as well as 29 other insurgents, were executed by the local authorities. It is not impossible that the uprising in CuraƧao was inspired by the uprising in Saint-Domingue (
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returned from exile, he placated the British by not allowing a continuation of the Dutch slave trade. This made them willing to give back the Dutch colonies that had come under British control during the wars, although the British retained the Cape Colony. Finally, the Dutch slave trade was abolished
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Towards the end of the 18th century, protests against slavery began to grow. The long sea voyages under bad conditions caused many casualties. Shipwrecks occurred regularly. Christian groups in particular drew attention to the poor living conditions of the slaves. But there was also protest about the
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merchants often took slaves with them to the Netherlands as servants. Later, mainly since the 18th century, slaves would come over with plantation owners, however, this affected relatively few people. On average between 1729 and 1775, 10 people of African descent (not necessarily slaves) would travel
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In all Dutch traders shipped and sold between 550,000 and 850,000 slaves in the Atlantic area: first to Brazil, later mainly to Suriname and the Antilles. Historian Matthias van Rossum estimates that throughout history between 660,000 and 1,135,000 slaves were traded in order to provide labor to the
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resulted in a defeat for the Dutch Republic and had major consequences for the Dutch merchant navy and thus the slave trade. The British captured many Dutch ships, causing Dutch involvement in the slave trade to fall sharply. In 1784, after the war, the slave trade was resumed. This was short-lived,
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with plantations that were worked by African slaves. In 1763, the slaves of the Berbice colony led by Cuffy (Kofi, Coffy) revolted, which was eventually brutally suppressed with the help of six naval ships carrying 600 soldiers. This slave revolt was the first major revolt on the American continent.
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of 1763, the slave trade with the Spaniards on CuraƧao largely dried up. The slave trade continued despite the low profit margins, partly because many traders also had interests in plantations in Suriname. They needed the slaves for this, and the trade was therefore viable if a profit was made from
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was granted to Britain in 1713, it meant the decline for trade via CuraƧao, as the British had their own marketplaces. Initially, the GWC had the monopoly on the slave trade. However, in 1730, the GWC gave up the monopoly on the transport of slaves from Africa to South America, and in 1738 also the
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In the 18th century, the slave trade grew enormously. There were years in which more than 100,000 slaves were transported by Dutch slavers. However, the French and the British had taken over the position of the Dutch Republic. The Dutch Republic also found the slave trade to be very not profitable.
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Domingo Grillo and Ambrosio Lomelino to trade slaves from Africa. Grillo and Lomelino hired the GWC to transport slaves from the African coast to South America. In the contract with GWC, it was stipulated that the Dutch would deliver 24,000 slaves in 7 years, approximately 3,500 slaves per year, in
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The abolition of slavery was referred to as "emancipation". Parties were organized in which King William III was presented as a key figure and benefactor of the freed slaves. The Dutch government paid compensation of 300 guilders per slave to the owner as compensation for the lost property (In the
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In Suriname, the former slaves were placed under state supervision for a period of ten years and so they often continued to work on the same plantations. During this period, released plantation workers between the ages of 15 and 60 were obliged to conclude an employment contract. This measure was
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In 1713, immediately after the War of the Spanish Succession, CuraƧao's central position as a regional slave market came to an abrupt end. Slave ships continued to arrive during the following years, but sales stagnated. In 1716, the number of unsold trade slaves (slaves supplemented under the GWC
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In 1689, the GWC declared CuraƧao an open market. Merchants from all nationalities were now welcome, however now that trade could only take place on the free market, there was no trade possible with the Spanish colonies. In 1689 and 1691, the GWC did have a few contracts with Porcio; however, the
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Dutch settlement areas in Asia. In addition to the VOC itself, this also concerns slave ownership of the European, Eurasian and non-European inhabitants of these areas. When slavery was abolished in 1863, the registers speak of 32,911 persons in Suriname and approximately 11,800 in the Antilles.
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published a resolution on the status of the 'unfree people' in the free Netherlands. In which it was emphasized that all people should in principle be recognized and regarded as free people. Slaves that travelled to the Netherlands have obtained their freedom legally and will be regarded as free
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refused to work on the Knip plantation. Slaves from neighboring plantations joined the uprising. A first armed encounter with colonial troops, including units of the free maroons and the free slaves, was won by the insurgents. In negotiations, the slaves demanded their freedom. The ensuing
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made the resumption of trade possible, but when the British again declared war on the French in 1803, the Dutch slave trade came to an end. As in the period from 1799 to 1802, Dutch colonies came under British control; these were also supplied with slaves by British slave traders.
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trade, the Dutch Republic had between 1660 and 1690 roughly 30% of the total slave trade. In the period of 1658 to 1674, an estimated 45,700 slaves were transported to the Americas, however, this was relatively little compared to the total number of slaves transported.
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in 1655, the island became an important transfer market for slaves to the Spanish colonies. New slave buyers were also found among English and French colonists who grew tobacco on the islands they conquered in the Caribbean and Virginia, though most slaves went to
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cultivation. Africa changed from an area where "raw materials" (slaves) were extracted into a potential market for Europe. The development of agricultural machinery provided an additional reason to abolish slavery; the use of machines made slaves obsolete.
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to the Netherlands, of which most would return after a short stay. Although they could go to court to claim their right to freedom, this happened seldom. In cases where slaves did try to claim their freedom, they would often not succeed. In 1736, a slave
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During the 17th and 18th centuries, the VOC was the hub of an extensive trade in slaves in Southeast Asia. Over a period of two centuries, the VOC obtained, traded and used 600,000 to 1 million slaves, mainly from present-day India, later also from
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1863 ā€“ Dutch West Indies ā€“ Emancipation Act abolishes slavery in the Dutch West Indies. Slave owners receive compensation; freedmen in Suriname come under state supervision for ten years with a mandatory employment contract on the
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The problem of the robbery of European slaves was especially great in the 17th and 18th centuries. Among the estimated 1 to 1.25 million persons captured as slaves during that period, approximately 10,000 to 12,000 were Dutch.
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and many other invited guests from both the Netherlands and abroad. In particular, the monument commemorates the slavery past in Suriname, the Netherlands Antilles, Aruba, and the west coast of Africa, including Ghana.
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was unveiled in Paramaribo, Suriname's capital city to commemorate the abolition of slavery. Since 2002 there is an official monument for remembrance of slavery in the Kingdom of the Netherlands in Amsterdam, the
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The economic recession of 1773 caused a decline in the entire Dutch merchant shipping industry, including the slave trade. When the Dutch Republic delivered weapons and ammunition to the rebels in the
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contract) rose to over 800. At the end of that year, a revolt broke out among trade slaves on the GWC plantation Santa Maria. This was quickly suppressed and the insurgents were captured and executed.
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in 1780 on his way to the Dutch Republic, they seized a secret treaty between the city of Amsterdam and the rebels in his luggage. In addition, Britain feared that the Dutch Republic would join the
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the successor of Porcio, for the delivery of 2,500 to 3,000 slaves per year, but CuraƧao did no longer serve as a transfer port. In 1699 this contract was extended for another 2 years.   
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According to the traditional image, slaves in the East were mainly a status symbol. In fact this was not the case: In the East, too, slaves had mainly economic value and were used as labor force.
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Dutch East Indies, it is 50 to 350 guilders depending on the age of the slave). In total, the allowance amounted to almost 12 million guilders, about 10% of the government expenditure in 1863.
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was legal. This has been the main goal and source of income for the GWC since its establishment in 1621. Between 1623 and 1636, 547 Spanish and Portuguese ships were hijacked. After this, the
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When Brazil was recaptured in 1654, there were already some 25,000 slaves brought over. After this reconquest, the sugar cane cultivation was transferred to the Caribbean and in 1634 to
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money from relatives or fellow believers. These Christian slaves were captured while hijacking sea-going vessels, as well as looting from the European coasts, including the Dutch ones.
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monopoly on the slave trade. However, other slave traders had to pay recognition fees to the GWC. The Zeelanders in particular then took over the slave trade, in which the
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banned enslaving Christians by a decree. Though not officially "abolished" everywhere slavery as an institution had for all practical purposes fallen in disuse in the
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on July 1, 1863 (Emancipation Act). On that day, about 35,000 slaves in Suriname and 12,000 slaves on the Dutch islands in the Caribbean were given their freedom.
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mainly intended to prevent the former slaves from leaving the plantations en masse, which presumably would have caused the collapse of the plantation economy.
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Newsreel from 1963. Celebration of the emancipation day in Paramaribo, to celebrate 100 years since the abolishment of slavery (English subtitles available).
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from Spain. They approached the GWC, but the assignment did not go through because the GWC was afraid that CuraƧao would be overrun by the French. When the
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hardships suffered by the soldiers who had to supervise the slaves. Both in Africa and Central America, soldiers were struck down by tropical diseases.
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which, CuraƧao would function as transfer port. In reality, these amounts were not feasible, with an average of only 700 slaves delivered annually.
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was developed, the big plan. By taking over the slave trade the Portuguese sugar cane trade from Brazil could be undermined. With the capture of a
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collected a percentage of the income obtained from the domestic slave market. To avoid this, it was not uncommon to secretly bring slaves ashore.
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The share of the Dutch Republic in the Atlantic slave trade was on average around five per cent, at least 500,000 people. The slave trade by the
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The Dutch slave trade grew to sizable proportions. To alleviate ethical concerns about slavery raised by Christians, it was argued that in
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with effect from 1 January 1860 (Law establishing the Regulations on the Policy of the Government of the Netherlands Indies), then in
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This was partly due to the high mortality rate among the slaves when crossing the ocean; 30% of the slaves died on board the ships.
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became an important factor in the Dutch slave trade. Balthasar Coymans (1652ā€“1686) led a branch of the Dutch trade house Coymans in
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were required for this. This signalled a change in the stands about the slave trade; non-Christians could be sold as slaves.
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instead of 9,000 were delivered. Coymans died in 1686 and the Spanish lost faith in his successor and in granted the
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merchants Willem Sailler and Hendrink Eynger, to transfer during the next four years 4,000 slaves from Africa to the
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are descended from the slave population, but white families also often have freed slaves among their ancestors.
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Hanged by the rib was a punishment for a rebellious slave in Suriname. Illustration by William Blake at Stedmans
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in June 1814 by Royal Decree from William I. In May 1818, the United Kingdom and the Netherlands concluded an
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Slave handcuffs from 1848, which were to prevent slaves from fleeing from Sint Eustatius to free Saint Kitts.
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Monuments have also been placed in various other places in the Netherlands, such as in Rotterdam in 2013.
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On CuraƧao, the slaves were subjected to a quality control. Slaves were assessed according to a so-called
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Within the context of Dutch history, the GWC is usually thought of when it comes to slavery. However, in
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Slavery continued to exist in some parts of the Dutch East Indies under indirect rule. On the island of
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In the 17th century, Zeelanders had founded a colony on the banks of the River Berbice in present-day
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Liberty, Slavery and the Law in Early Modern Western Europe. Omnes Homines aut Liberi Sunt aut Servi
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As an alternative to the use of slaves, contract workers were recruited from the Dutch East Indies (
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A checque for 3,200 guilders compensation for the abolition of slavery on Sint Eustatius in 1863
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Netherlands State Gazette (No. 201. Tuesday, August 26, 1862) Laws for the abolition of Slavery
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however, as the French invaded the Netherlands in 1795. The British again went to war with the
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in 1628, sufficient money was available to carry out the Groot Desseyn. Between 1630 and 1634,
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and Afro-Antilleans in the Netherlands, to commemorate the abolition of slavery. In 1963, the
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From the arrival of the first slaves from Africa in Suriname, some of them fled inland. These
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In economic terms, the slave trade became less important with the emergence of the European
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1873 ā€“ Dutch West Indies ā€“ state supervision and compulsory employment contract abolished.
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From 1640, the slave trade with Brazil began to decline, and the trade was shifted to the
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The Netherlands abolished slavery in stages, first in the directly governed parts of the
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were an important weapon for the mainly British advocates of the abolition of slavery.
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Ik lach met Grotius en alle die prullen van boeken. Een rechtsgeschiedenis van CuraƧao
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It was not until 1708 that a supply contract was again offered to the GWC. During the
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in Dutch service, described the Dutch slaveholders in Suriname as cruel, in the book
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provided a new legal framework that would make the introduction and regulation of
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The Dutch were also enslaved after the Middle Ages. In particular, North African
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Time line of the abolition of slavery in the Netherlands and its colonial empire
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Zeeland. Tijdschrift van het Koninklijk Zeeuwsch Genootschap der Wetenschappen
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Memorial to the Emancipation of Slaves in the Cape Colony on December 1, 1838.
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in 1797. Descriptions of mistreatment by Dutch slaveholders and the images by
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Narrative of a five years' expedition against the revolted Negroes of Surinam
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at the end of the 15th century and its integration into what became known as
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traded in slaves, which were mainly intended for slave markets in Spain and
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The National Slavery History Monument was unveiled on 1 July 2002 in the
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Pepijn Brandon, Guno Jones, Nancy Jouwe and Mathhias van Rossum (red.):
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Between 1652 and 1807, more than 60,000 slaves were transported to the
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Op zoek naar de stilte. Sporen van het slavernijverleden in Nederland
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Stipriaan, A. van; Heilbron, W.; Bijnaar, A.; Smeulders, V. (2007):
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or contract was made between the rulers of Spain and assumingly the
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1860 ā€“ Dutch East Indies ā€“ only in the directly administered areas.
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and a large part of the Brazilian coast was conquered, this became
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numbers were less than before. In 1697, there was a contract with
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Meanwhile, the United Kingdom had banned the slave trade. When
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Officially slavery did not exist in the European area of The
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in America. Initially, Dutch traders transported slaves to
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were AdyƔko Benti Basiton (known as Boston Bendt), Adoe,
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During the fight against the Spanish and the Portuguese,
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to the Netherlands as a stowaway on a ship. However, the
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to cities these often encompassed the principle of ā€˜ā€™
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annually, however, in the first 3 years, only 4,896
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