This title is available online in Open Access. Originally published with ISBN: 978-90-67-18380-2. From 1795 through 1800, a series of revolts rocked Cura???ao, a small but strategically located Dutch colony just off the South American continent. A combination of internal and external factors produced these uprisings, in which free and enslaved islanders particiapted with various objectives. A major slave revolt in August 1795 was the opening salvo for these tumultuous five years. While this revolt is a well-known episode ...
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This title is available online in Open Access. Originally published with ISBN: 978-90-67-18380-2. From 1795 through 1800, a series of revolts rocked Cura???ao, a small but strategically located Dutch colony just off the South American continent. A combination of internal and external factors produced these uprisings, in which free and enslaved islanders particiapted with various objectives. A major slave revolt in August 1795 was the opening salvo for these tumultuous five years. While this revolt is a well-known episode in Cura???aoan history, its wider Caribbean and Atlantic context is much less known. Also lacking are studies sketching a clear picture of the turbulent five years that followed. It is in these dark corners that this volume aims to shed light.
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