| 2 October 2026 |
Netherlands
|
Apologies of European kings on slavery and colonialism
|
King addresses study of the House of Orange-Nassau’s colonial role
|
| 30 September 2026 |
Sweden
|
Apologies of European kings on slavery and colonialism
|
Sámi commission recommends a state apology and reparative measures
|
| 7 September 2026 |
Jamaica
|
History slavery Jamaica
|
Jamaica files a petition seeking legal examination of chattel slavery
|
| 31 August 2026 |
Unknown
|
Crime against humanity
|
CERD issues General Recommendation 40 on reparatory justice
|
| 30 July 2026 |
Belize
|
Reparations
|
CCJ clarifies implementation questions in the Maya land-rights order
|
| 18 June 2026 |
Ghana
|
Reparations
|
Ghana convenes the Accra Next Steps conference and establishes global panels
|
| 25 March 2026 |
Unknown
|
Reparations
|
UN General Assembly calls transatlantic racialized enslavement the gravest crime against humanity
|
| 25 March 2026 |
Guyana
|
History slavery Guyana
|
UN General Assembly adopts a resolution on the transatlantic slave trade
|
| 25 March 2026 |
Unknown
|
International history trans-atlantic slavery
|
UN General Assembly calls the trafficking of enslaved Africans the gravest crime against humanity and urges reparatory justice
|
| 25 March 2026 |
Unknown
|
Crime against humanity
|
UN General Assembly adopts declaration on transatlantic slavery
|
| 4 March 2026 |
Sweden
|
Apologies of European kings on slavery and colonialism
|
Sámi commission submits an interim research anthology
|
| 4 December 2025 |
Finland
|
Apologies of European kings on slavery and colonialism
|
Prime Minister says Finland should apologize to the Sámi
|
| 4 December 2025 |
Finland
|
Apologies of European kings on slavery and colonialism
|
Sámi commission submits its final report to three institutions
|
| 17 November 2025 |
Unknown
|
Crime against humanity
|
CARICOM commission begins a strategic advocacy visit to the United Kingdom
|
| 13 November 2025 |
Finland
|
Apologies of European kings on slavery and colonialism
|
Government appoints a parliamentary group to assess Sámi recommendations
|
| 24 September 2025 |
Denmark
|
Apologies of European kings on slavery and colonialism
|
Denmark apologizes to Greenlandic women for forced contraception policy
|
| 11 September 2025 |
Sweden
|
Apologies of European kings on slavery and colonialism
|
Government extends the Sámi commission to October 2026
|
| 8 September 2025 |
Haiti
|
History slavery Haiti
|
Haiti formally installs its national restitution and reparation committee
|
| 8 August 2025 |
Haiti
|
History slavery Haiti
|
Haiti appoints historian Gusti-Klara Gaillard Pourchet to co-chair the joint commission
|
| 1 August 2025 |
Unknown
|
History slavery Trinidad
|
Government pledges a reparatory justice action plan
|
| 28 May 2025 |
Germany
|
Apologies of European kings on slavery and colonialism
|
German government reiterates its intention to ask Namibia’s victims’ descendants for forgiveness
|
| 22 May 2025 |
Mauritius,
United Kingdom
|
Reparations
|
UK and Mauritius sign an agreement on Chagos sovereignty and a Chagossian trust
|
| 17 April 2025 |
Haiti
|
History slavery Haiti
|
France announces a joint commission to examine the indemnity’s history and impact
|
| 17 April 2025 |
Haiti
|
History slavery Haiti
|
Haiti creates a National Committee on Restitution and Reparation
|
| 25 February 2025 |
Unknown
|
History slavery Trinidad
|
Steelpan replaces Columbus’s ships on the national coat of arms
|
| 15 February 2025 |
Unknown
|
Crime against humanity
|
African Union makes reparations the 2025 theme
|
| 1 January 2025 |
International
|
International history trans-atlantic slavery
|
Second International Decade for People of African Descent begins
|
| 31 December 2024 |
Brazil
|
Reparations
|
Brazil reports progress and continuing barriers in quilombola land titling
|
| 17 December 2024 |
Brazil
|
History slavery Brasil
|
UN proclaims a second International Decade for People of African Descent
|
| 17 December 2024 |
International
|
International history trans-atlantic slavery
|
UN proclaims a second International Decade for People of African Descent
|
| 17 December 2024 |
Unknown
|
Crime against humanity
|
UN proclaims Second International Decade for People of African Descent
|
| 2 December 2024 |
Belgium,
Democratic Republic of the Congo
|
Reparations
|
Belgian court awards damages to women abducted under colonial rule
|
| 2 December 2024 |
Belgium
|
Apologies of European kings on slavery and colonialism
|
Appeal court finds Belgium responsible for colonial-era Métis abductions
|
| 25 November 2024 |
Haiti
|
History slavery Haiti
|
UNICEF reports a sharp rise in child recruitment by armed groups
|
| 20 November 2024 |
Brazil
|
History slavery Brasil
|
Black Consciousness Day is observed as a national public holiday for the first time
|
| 12 November 2024 |
Norway
|
Reparations
|
Norwegian Parliament apologizes for forced assimilation of Indigenous and minority peoples
|
| 12 November 2024 |
Norway
|
Apologies of European kings on slavery and colonialism
|
Storting expresses deepest regret for forced assimilation
|
| 5 November 2024 |
Norway
|
Apologies of European kings on slavery and colonialism
|
Parliamentary committee recommends deepest regret for Norwegianization
|
| 26 October 2024 |
Canada
|
Reparations
|
Canada apologizes to five Anishinaabeg First Nations and commemorates CAD$447.9 million settlement
|
| 25 October 2024 |
Australia,
United States
|
Reparations
|
UCLA returns cultural belongings to Warumungu community
|
| 24 September 2024 |
Spain
|
Apologies of European kings on slavery and colonialism
|
Spain rejects Mexico’s demand for royal apology over conquest
|
| 1 August 2024 |
Unknown
|
History slavery Trinidad
|
Trinidad and Tobago observes its first African Emancipation Day
|
| 28 June 2024 |
France
|
Reparations
|
France issues rules for its human-remains restitution process
|
| 14 June 2024 |
Netherlands
|
Apologies of European kings on slavery and colonialism
|
Cabinet details follow-up to slavery apology and remembrance committee
|
| 28 May 2024 |
Haiti
|
History slavery Haiti
|
UNICEF reports children make up a large share of armed-group membership
|
| 16 May 2024 |
Portugal
|
Apologies of European kings on slavery and colonialism
|
Portuguese Parliament rejects bid to charge president over reparations remarks
|
| 27 April 2024 |
Portugal
|
Reparations
|
Portuguese government rejects initiating a reparations process for former colonies
|
| 23 April 2024 |
Portugal
|
Reparations
|
President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa says Portugal bears responsibility for colonial crimes
|
| 23 April 2024 |
Portugal
|
Apologies of European kings on slavery and colonialism
|
Portuguese president says country must address the costs of slavery and colonial crimes
|
| 22 April 2024 |
Brazil
|
Reparations
|
Brazil delimits land for the Pitanga de Palmares quilombola community
|
| 18 April 2024 |
Unknown
|
History slavery Trinidad
|
Law renames Emancipation Day as African Emancipation Day
|
| 16 April 2024 |
Norway
|
Apologies of European kings on slavery and colonialism
|
Storting holds a public oversight hearing on the commission report
|
| 28 March 2024 |
Canada
|
Reparations
|
Lac Seul First Nation ratifies settlement for flooding of reserve lands
|
| 18 March 2024 |
Guyana
|
History slavery Guyana
|
Bank of Guyana releases a coin marking the Demerara Revolt bicentenary
|
| 6 March 2024 |
Norway
|
Apologies of European kings on slavery and colonialism
|
Fosen agreement creates a negotiated remedy after the apology
|
| 4 March 2024 |
United Kingdom
|
Reparations
|
Church of England oversight group calls for a £1 billion reparatory fund
|
| 18 February 2024 |
Unknown
|
Reparations
|
African Union designates 2025 as the Year of Reparations
|
| 5 February 2024 |
Ghana,
United States
|
Reparations
|
UCLA permanently returns seven Asante objects to Ghana
|
| 2 February 2024 |
Canada
|
Reparations
|
Canada signs English River First Nation agricultural benefits settlement
|
| 25 January 2024 |
Ghana,
United Kingdom
|
Reparations
|
UK museums loan 32 Asante objects to Ghana for three years
|
| 26 December 2023 |
France
|
Reparations
|
France creates a legal route for returning human remains from public collections
|
| 21 December 2023 |
Brazil
|
History slavery Brasil
|
Brazil makes November 20 a national public holiday
|
| 23 November 2023 |
Finland
|
Apologies of European kings on slavery and colonialism
|
Government extends the Sámi commission’s work to 2025
|
| 20 November 2023 |
Brazil
|
History slavery Brasil
|
Brazil creates a national policy for quilombola territorial and environmental management
|
| 17 November 2023 |
Ghana
|
Reparations
|
African Union conference adopts the Accra Proclamation on Reparations
|
| 17 November 2023 |
Unknown
|
Crime against humanity
|
Accra Proclamation sets out a reparations agenda
|
| 15 November 2023 |
Sweden
|
Apologies of European kings on slavery and colonialism
|
Tornedalian commission documents exclusion and assimilation
|
| 14 November 2023 |
Unknown
|
Crime against humanity
|
Accra Proclamation organizes a united front for reparations
|
| 3 October 2023 |
Curacao,
Netherlands
|
History slavery Dutch Antilles
|
The Netherlands rehabilitates Curaçaoan freedom fighter Tula
|
| 3 October 2023 |
Unknown
|
History slavery Dutch Antilles
|
The Dutch government rehabilitates Tula
|
| 6 September 2023 |
Grenada
|
History slavery Grenada
|
Grenville students discuss emancipation, reparations, and development
|
| 25 August 2023 |
Guyana
|
History slavery Guyana
|
Gladstone descendants apologize for slavery and indentureship in Guyana
|
| 24 August 2023 |
Guyana
|
History slavery Guyana
|
President Ali calls for reparations before the Gladstone family apology
|
| 18 August 2023 |
Guyana
|
History slavery Guyana
|
Guyana commemorates the bicentenary of the Demerara Revolt
|
| 6 July 2023 |
Indonesia,
Netherlands,
Sri Lanka
|
Reparations
|
Dutch government decides to return 478 colonial-era objects
|
| 1 July 2023 |
Unknown
|
History slavery Dutch Antilles
|
King Willem-Alexander apologizes for the slavery past
|
| 1 July 2023 |
Netherlands
|
Reparations
|
King Willem-Alexander apologizes for the Dutch monarchy’s role in slavery
|
| 1 July 2023 |
Netherlands
|
Apologies of European kings on slavery and colonialism
|
Dutch ministerial commemoration speech in Saba
|
| 1 July 2023 |
Netherlands
|
Apologies of European kings on slavery and colonialism
|
Dutch ministerial commemoration speech in Sint-Eustatius
|
| 1 July 2023 |
Netherlands
|
Apologies of European kings on slavery and colonialism
|
Dutch ministerial commemoration speech in Suriname
|
| 1 July 2023 |
Netherlands
|
Apologies of European kings on slavery and colonialism
|
Dutch ministerial commemoration speech in Den Bosch
|
| 1 July 2023 |
Netherlands
|
Apologies of European kings on slavery and colonialism
|
Dutch ministerial commemoration speech in Curaçao
|
| 1 July 2023 |
Netherlands
|
Apologies of European kings on slavery and colonialism
|
Dutch ministerial commemoration speech in Middelburg
|
| 1 July 2023 |
Netherlands
|
Apologies of European kings on slavery and colonialism
|
Dutch ministerial commemoration speech in Bonaire
|
| 1 July 2023 |
Netherlands
|
Apologies of European kings on slavery and colonialism
|
King Willem-Alexander apologizes for the Dutch role in slavery
|
| 29 June 2023 |
Unknown
|
Crime against humanity
|
California task force presents reparations proposals
|
| 19 June 2023 |
Brazil
|
History slavery Brasil
|
Law 14,600 confirms the Ministry of Racial Equality’s place in government
|
| 15 June 2023 |
Haiti
|
History slavery Haiti
|
U.S. trafficking report records weak enforcement against child servitude
|
| 1 June 2023 |
Norway
|
Reparations
|
Norwegian Truth and Reconciliation Commission submits its report
|
| 1 June 2023 |
Norway
|
Apologies of European kings on slavery and colonialism
|
Truth and Reconciliation Commission submits its report
|
| 27 May 2023 |
New Zealand
|
Reparations
|
Whakatōhea sign settlement deed with apology, land return and natural resource arrangements
|
| 25 April 2023 |
Portugal
|
Apologies of European kings on slavery and colonialism
|
President says Portugal should apologize for slave-trade role
|
| 21 March 2023 |
Brazil
|
History slavery Brasil
|
Brazil launches Aquilomba Brasil to coordinate quilombola policies
|
| 16 March 2023 |
Grenada
|
History slavery Grenada
|
Laura Trevelyan leaves the BBC to campaign for Caribbean reparatory justice
|
| 9 March 2023 |
Norway
|
Apologies of European kings on slavery and colonialism
|
Prime Minister addresses the Sámi Parliament on state injustice
|
| 2 March 2023 |
Norway
|
Apologies of European kings on slavery and colonialism
|
Government apologizes to Fosen Sámi herders
|
| 27 February 2023 |
Grenada
|
History slavery Grenada
|
Trevelyan descendants publicly apologize in Grenada and pledge an education fund
|
| 18 February 2023 |
Unknown
|
Crime against humanity
|
African Union endorses a united front on reparations
|
| 15 February 2023 |
Grenada
|
History slavery Grenada
|
Grenada announces a reparations forum with Trevelyan descendants
|
| 31 January 2023 |
Netherlands
|
Apologies of European kings on slavery and colonialism
|
Dutch cabinet responds to parliamentary motions on the slavery apology
|
| 11 January 2023 |
Brazil
|
History slavery Brasil
|
Law names religious racism within Brazil’s criminal framework
|
| 11 January 2023 |
Brazil
|
History slavery Brasil
|
Law 14,532 classifies racial insult as a form of racism
|
| 10 January 2023 |
United Kingdom
|
Reparations
|
Church Commissioners announce £100 million commitment addressing slavery links
|
| 1 January 2023 |
Brazil
|
History slavery Brasil
|
A Ministry of Racial Equality returns to the federal government
|
| 20 December 2022 |
Germany,
Nigeria
|
Reparations
|
Nigeria receives the first 22 Benin Bronzes returned from Germany
|
| 19 December 2022 |
Unknown
|
History slavery Dutch Antilles
|
The Dutch government apologizes and announces a €200 million fund
|
| 19 December 2022 |
Netherlands
|
Reparations
|
Dutch government apologizes for the state’s role in slavery
|
| 19 December 2022 |
Unknown
|
Apologies of European kings on slavery and colonialism
|
State Secretary Van Rij echoes the Dutch apology in Sint Eustatius
|
| 19 December 2022 |
Unknown
|
Apologies of European kings on slavery and colonialism
|
State Secretary Van Ooijen echoes the Dutch apology in Saba
|
| 19 December 2022 |
Unknown
|
Apologies of European kings on slavery and colonialism
|
Minister Van Gennip echoes the Dutch apology in Bonaire
|
| 19 December 2022 |
Unknown
|
Apologies of European kings on slavery and colonialism
|
Minister Kuipers echoes the Dutch apology in Sint Maarten
|
| 19 December 2022 |
Unknown
|
Apologies of European kings on slavery and colonialism
|
Minister Van der Burg echoes the Dutch apology in Aruba
|
| 19 December 2022 |
Unknown
|
Apologies of European kings on slavery and colonialism
|
State Secretary Van Huffelen echoes the Dutch apology in Curaçao
|
| 19 December 2022 |
Netherlands
|
Apologies of European kings on slavery and colonialism
|
Government representative echoes apology in Suriname
|
| 19 December 2022 |
Netherlands
|
Apologies of European kings on slavery and colonialism
|
Mark Rutte apologizes on behalf of the Dutch government
|
| 5 December 2022 |
International,
Switzerland
|
International history trans-atlantic slavery
|
Permanent Forum on People of African Descent holds its first session
|
| 5 December 2022 |
Unknown
|
Crime against humanity
|
UN Permanent Forum convenes its first session
|
| 18 November 2022 |
Unknown
|
Crime against humanity
|
African human-rights commission reaffirms remedies for historic mass crimes
|
| 9 November 2022 |
Unknown
|
Crime against humanity
|
African Commission adopts regional resolution on reparations
|
| 29 October 2022 |
New Zealand
|
Reparations
|
Crown delivers Ngāti Maru apology in Tarata and returns land titles
|
| 13 October 2022 |
French Guiana
|
History slavery French Guyana
|
CTG announces a public conference on African contract workers
|
| 26 August 2022 |
France
|
Apologies of European kings on slavery and colonialism
|
Macron calls for facing French-Algerian history with humility
|
| 25 July 2022 |
Canada
|
Reparations
|
Pope Francis apologizes for church complicity in colonial cultural destruction
|
| 15 July 2022 |
Sweden
|
Apologies of European kings on slavery and colonialism
|
Confidentiality rules protect testimony to two truth commissions
|
| 1 July 2022 |
Germany,
Nigeria
|
Reparations
|
Germany and Nigeria agree on ownership transfer of Benin Bronzes
|
| 30 June 2022 |
Belgium
|
Apologies of European kings on slavery and colonialism
|
Belgian parliamentary commission ends without agreed colonial reckoning
|
| 20 June 2022 |
Belgium,
Democratic Republic of the Congo
|
Reparations
|
Belgium returns Patrice Lumumba’s tooth to his family
|
| 8 June 2022 |
Belgium
|
Apologies of European kings on slavery and colonialism
|
King Philippe renews regret during visit to the Democratic Republic of Congo
|
| 1 March 2022 |
Sweden
|
Apologies of European kings on slavery and colonialism
|
Sámi consultation law enters into force
|
| 25 January 2022 |
France
|
Apologies of European kings on slavery and colonialism
|
French law recognizes and compensates Harkis without a colonial apology
|
| 17 December 2021 |
Unknown
|
Crime against humanity
|
UN establishes Permanent Forum on People of African Descent
|
| 25 November 2021 |
New Zealand
|
Reparations
|
Moriori Claims Settlement Act receives Royal assent
|
| 14 November 2021 |
Benin,
France
|
Reparations
|
Benin receives 26 returned royal objects from France
|
| 11 November 2021 |
New Zealand
|
Reparations
|
Maniapoto and the Crown sign deed with financial and cultural redress
|
| 9 November 2021 |
Benin,
France
|
Reparations
|
France transfers ownership of 26 Abomey royal treasures to Benin
|
| 9 November 2021 |
Benin,
France
|
Reparations
|
France transfers ownership of 26 royal treasures to Benin
|
| 3 November 2021 |
Sweden
|
Apologies of European kings on slavery and colonialism
|
Government creates a truth commission for the Sámi people
|
| 29 October 2021 |
New Zealand
|
Reparations
|
Ngāti Kahungunu ki Wairarapa Tāmaki nui-ā-Rua sign NZ$115 million settlement
|
| 28 October 2021 |
Finland
|
Apologies of European kings on slavery and colonialism
|
Government appoints the Truth and Reconciliation Commission
|
| 16 October 2021 |
France
|
Apologies of European kings on slavery and colonialism
|
Macron recognizes state crimes at the 1961 Paris massacre commemoration
|
| 11 October 2021 |
Norway
|
Apologies of European kings on slavery and colonialism
|
Supreme Court rules Fosen wind-farm licences violated Sámi rights
|
| 31 August 2021 |
International
|
International history trans-atlantic slavery
|
First International Day for People of African Descent is observed
|
| 4 August 2021 |
France
|
Reparations
|
France authorizes restitution of proceeds from confiscated illicit assets
|
| 2 August 2021 |
International
|
International history trans-atlantic slavery
|
UN establishes the Permanent Forum on People of African Descent
|
| 1 August 2021 |
Grenada
|
History slavery Grenada
|
Grenada National Reparations Committee marks Emancipation Day
|
| 19 July 2021 |
Unknown
|
Reparations
|
UN Special Rapporteur issues report on transitional justice in colonial contexts
|
| 1 July 2021 |
Netherlands
|
Apologies of European kings on slavery and colonialism
|
Slavery History Dialogue Group publishes Chains of the Past
|
| 23 June 2021 |
Sweden
|
Apologies of European kings on slavery and colonialism
|
Sweden extends the Tornedalian commission’s inquiry
|
| 28 May 2021 |
Germany,
Namibia
|
Reparations
|
Germany and Namibia announce contested genocide reconciliation framework
|
| 28 May 2021 |
Germany
|
Apologies of European kings on slavery and colonialism
|
Germany recognizes the Herero and Nama genocide and seeks forgiveness
|
| 28 May 2021 |
Brazil
|
History slavery Brasil
|
Brazil ratifies the Inter-American Convention against Racism
|
| 15 May 2021 |
Germany
|
Apologies of European kings on slavery and colonialism
|
Germany and Namibia initial joint declaration on colonial atrocities
|
| 27 February 2021 |
New Zealand
|
Reparations
|
Ngāti Maru (Taranaki) sign deed with apology and land redress
|
| 24 February 2021 |
Brazil
|
History slavery Brasil
|
Supreme Court orders a COVID-19 response plan for quilombola communities
|
| 17 February 2021 |
Unknown
|
Crime against humanity
|
US House Judiciary holds a hearing on H.R. 40
|
| 20 January 2021 |
France
|
Apologies of European kings on slavery and colonialism
|
Stora report recommends steps on French-Algerian memory
|
| 16 December 2020 |
International
|
International history trans-atlantic slavery
|
UN proclaims the International Day for People of African Descent
|
| 5 December 2020 |
New Zealand
|
Reparations
|
Ngāti Rangitihi sign settlement deed with apology and restoration provisions
|
| 20 November 2020 |
Brazil
|
History slavery Brasil
|
Black Consciousness Day protests demand justice for João Alberto
|
| 19 November 2020 |
Brazil
|
History slavery Brasil
|
João Alberto Silveira Freitas is killed by private security guards
|
| 5 November 2020 |
France,
Madagascar
|
Reparations
|
France places Ranavalona III’s crown ornament in Madagascar under a deposit agreement
|
| 11 September 2020 |
Brazil
|
History slavery Brasil
|
CONAQ brings quilombola communities’ COVID-19 emergency to the Supreme Court
|
| 17 August 2020 |
Curacao,
Netherlands
|
History slavery Dutch Antilles
|
Curaçao’s slave and emancipation registers go online
|
| 17 August 2020 |
Curacao
|
History slavery Dutch Antilles
|
Curaçao registers become searchable online
|
| 17 July 2020 |
Belgium,
Burundi,
Democratic Republic of the Congo,
Rwanda
|
Reparations
|
Belgian Parliament establishes a special commission on the colonial past
|
| 17 July 2020 |
Belgium
|
Apologies of European kings on slavery and colonialism
|
Belgium establishes parliamentary commission on its colonial past
|
| 10 July 2020 |
Unknown
|
Crime against humanity
|
CARICOM reparations chair calls for an international summit
|
| 9 July 2020 |
Finland
|
Apologies of European kings on slavery and colonialism
|
Finland launches the Sámi commission project
|
| 30 June 2020 |
Belgium,
Democratic Republic of the Congo
|
Reparations
|
King Philippe expresses regret for violence and cruelty in Congo
|
| 30 June 2020 |
Belgium
|
Apologies of European kings on slavery and colonialism
|
King Philippe expresses deep regret for Belgium’s colonial violence in Congo
|
| 10 June 2020 |
French Guiana
|
History slavery French Guyana
|
CTG releases marronnage notices covering 1821–1848
|
| 8 June 2020 |
French Guiana
|
History slavery French Guyana
|
CTG schedules the Sinnamary, Iracoubo, and Mana registers for public release
|
| 7 June 2020 |
Brazil
|
History slavery Brasil
|
“Vidas Negras Importam” protests confront racism and police violence
|
| 1 June 2020 |
French Guiana
|
History slavery French Guyana
|
CTG schedules Macouria and Kourou registers for public release
|
| 25 May 2020 |
French Guiana
|
History slavery French Guyana
|
CTG schedules Cayenne city registers for public release
|
| 18 May 2020 |
French Guiana
|
History slavery French Guyana
|
CTG schedules Tonnégrande and Tour-de-l’Île registers for public release
|
| 11 May 2020 |
French Guiana
|
History slavery French Guyana
|
CTG schedules Cayenne Island and Montsinéry records for public release
|
| 27 April 2020 |
French Guiana
|
History slavery French Guyana
|
The territorial authority begins a scheduled release of slave registers
|
| 19 March 2020 |
Sweden
|
Apologies of European kings on slavery and colonialism
|
Sweden establishes a truth and reconciliation commission for Tornedalians
|
| 14 February 2020 |
New Zealand
|
Reparations
|
Moriori and the Crown sign a deed agreeing historical redress
|
| 17 November 2019 |
France,
Senegal
|
Reparations
|
France begins a symbolic return process for Omar Tall’s sword to Senegal
|
| 13 November 2019 |
Finland
|
Apologies of European kings on slavery and colonialism
|
Government approves preparation of a Sámi truth commission
|
| 8 September 2019 |
Guyana
|
History slavery Guyana
|
Ground is broken for a new 1823 monument at Parade Ground
|
| 22 May 2019 |
Mauritius,
United Kingdom
|
Reparations
|
UN General Assembly calls for the UK to end its Chagos administration
|
| 9 May 2019 |
Norway
|
Apologies of European kings on slavery and colonialism
|
Commission mandate expands to include Forest Finns
|
| 4 April 2019 |
Belgium,
Burundi,
Democratic Republic of the Congo,
Rwanda
|
Reparations
|
Belgian prime minister apologizes to people of mixed ancestry abducted during colonial rule
|
| 4 April 2019 |
Belgium
|
Apologies of European kings on slavery and colonialism
|
Belgian prime minister apologizes to Métis children abducted from Congo
|
| 28 March 2019 |
Brazil
|
History slavery Brasil
|
Supreme Court protects animal sacrifice in religious rites
|
| 1 March 2019 |
Spain
|
Apologies of European kings on slavery and colonialism
|
Mexico’s president asks Spain’s king to apologize for conquest-era abuses
|
| 23 November 2018 |
Benin,
France,
Senegal
|
Reparations
|
Sarr-Savoy report proposes a framework for returning African heritage
|
| 7 October 2018 |
New Zealand
|
Reparations
|
Te Patukirikiri and Crown sign a deed of settlement
|
| 13 September 2018 |
France
|
Apologies of European kings on slavery and colonialism
|
Macron recognizes French responsibility for Maurice Audin’s death
|
| 29 August 2018 |
Germany,
Namibia
|
Reparations
|
Germany returns 27 human remains to Namibia
|
| 20 August 2018 |
Guyana
|
History slavery Guyana
|
Guyana observes Demerara Martyrs’ Day for the 1823 revolt
|
| 1 August 2018 |
Guyana
|
History slavery Guyana
|
Guyana marks 180 years since emancipation as leaders call for economic freedom
|
| 4 July 2018 |
New Zealand
|
Reparations
|
Ngāi Tai ki Tāmaki Claims Settlement Act receives Royal assent
|
| 14 June 2018 |
Norway
|
Apologies of European kings on slavery and colonialism
|
Storting establishes the Truth and Reconciliation Commission
|
| 29 March 2018 |
Belgium
|
Apologies of European kings on slavery and colonialism
|
Belgian Parliament adopts resolution on Métis children separated under colonial rule
|
| 15 March 2018 |
Brazil
|
History slavery Brasil
|
Mass demonstrations demand justice for Marielle Franco
|
| 14 March 2018 |
Brazil
|
History slavery Brasil
|
Marielle Franco and Anderson Gomes are murdered
|
| 8 February 2018 |
Brazil
|
Reparations
|
Supreme Court upholds the quilombola land-titling decree
|
| 8 February 2018 |
Brazil
|
History slavery Brasil
|
Supreme Court upholds the rules for recognizing quilombola territories
|
| 17 August 2017 |
New Zealand
|
Reparations
|
Ngāti Hei and the Crown sign a deed including apology and redress
|
| 14 August 2017 |
New Zealand
|
Reparations
|
Ngāti Pūkenga Claims Settlement Act records Crown apology and cultural redress
|
| 8 July 2017 |
New Zealand
|
Reparations
|
Ngāti Tūwharetoa sign a comprehensive Crown settlement deed
|
| 10 June 2017 |
French Guiana
|
History slavery French Guyana
|
Cayenne opens the Memorial to the Free and Citizens of 1848
|
| 20 March 2017 |
New Zealand
|
Reparations
|
Te Awa Tupua Act gives legal effect to the Whanganui River settlement
|
| 15 February 2017 |
France
|
Apologies of European kings on slavery and colonialism
|
Macron calls French colonization a crime against humanity
|
| 20 May 2016 |
Guyana
|
History slavery Guyana
|
Guyana hosts a youth rally calling for reparatory justice
|
| 19 April 2016 |
Unknown
|
Crime against humanity
|
CARICOM launches a regional reparations relay
|
| 15 December 2015 |
Canada
|
Reparations
|
Truth and Reconciliation Commission publishes its final report and Calls to Action
|
| 18 November 2015 |
Brazil
|
History slavery Brasil
|
Black women lead a national march in Brasília
|
| 30 October 2015 |
Belize
|
Reparations
|
CCJ orders a fund to protect Maya customary land tenure
|
| 27 September 2015 |
New Zealand
|
Reparations
|
Heretaunga Tamatea sign a settlement deed with Crown apology and redress
|
| 12 September 2015 |
Kenya,
United Kingdom
|
Reparations
|
Mau Mau memorial to victims of colonial torture is inaugurated
|
| 12 September 2015 |
United Kingdom
|
Apologies of European kings on slavery and colonialism
|
UK and Kenya inaugurate memorial to colonial-era torture victims
|
| 1 June 2015 |
Brazil
|
History slavery Brasil
|
Complementary Law 150 regulates domestic employment rights
|
| 22 April 2015 |
Belize
|
Reparations
|
Belize agrees to develop a mechanism recognizing Maya customary land rights
|
| 12 April 2015 |
Unknown
|
Crime against humanity
|
International reparations summit connects Caribbean and diaspora campaigns
|
| 25 March 2015 |
Unknown
|
International history trans-atlantic slavery
|
UN unveils the Ark of Return memorial
|
| 25 March 2015 |
Unknown
|
Crime against humanity
|
Permanent UN memorial to victims of slavery unveiled
|
| 1 January 2015 |
Brazil
|
History slavery Brasil
|
International Decade for People of African Descent begins
|
| 1 January 2015 |
International
|
International history trans-atlantic slavery
|
International Decade for People of African Descent begins
|
| 1 January 2015 |
Unknown
|
Crime against humanity
|
International Decade for People of African Descent begins
|
| 4 December 2014 |
Brazil
|
History slavery Brasil
|
Maracatu de Baque Solto is recognized as cultural heritage
|
| 3 December 2014 |
Brazil
|
History slavery Brasil
|
Maracatu Nação enters Brazil’s cultural heritage register
|
| 26 November 2014 |
Brazil
|
History slavery Brasil
|
UNESCO inscribes Capoeira Circle on its Representative List
|
| 12 October 2014 |
Unknown
|
Crime against humanity
|
Caribbean reparations conference passes the advocacy torch
|
| 5 August 2014 |
New Zealand
|
Reparations
|
Whanganui Iwi and the Crown sign the river settlement deed
|
| 16 July 2014 |
Unknown
|
Crime against humanity
|
CARICOM commission chair addresses the UK Parliament
|
| 25 June 2014 |
Brazil
|
History slavery Brasil
|
National Education Plan includes quilombola schools and equity goals
|
| 2 June 2014 |
Haiti
|
History slavery Haiti
|
Haiti publishes a law to combat trafficking in persons
|
| 18 March 2014 |
Grenada
|
History slavery Grenada
|
CARICOM announces acceptance of a ten-point reparatory justice programme
|
| 18 March 2014 |
Jamaica
|
History slavery Jamaica
|
CARICOM accepts a ten-point reparatory justice programme
|
| 18 March 2014 |
Unknown
|
International history trans-atlantic slavery
|
CARICOM announces acceptance of its reparatory justice program
|
| 12 March 2014 |
Unknown
|
Crime against humanity
|
CARICOM leaders accept reparatory justice programme
|
| 11 March 2014 |
Unknown
|
Reparations
|
CARICOM adopts Ten Point Plan for Reparatory Justice
|
| 11 March 2014 |
Guyana
|
History slavery Guyana
|
CARICOM leaders endorse a ten-point reparatory justice programme
|
| 11 March 2014 |
Unknown
|
Crime against humanity
|
CARICOM governments endorse the Ten Point Action Plan
|
| 23 December 2013 |
Unknown
|
Reparations
|
UN proclaims the International Decade for People of African Descent
|
| 23 December 2013 |
Brazil
|
History slavery Brasil
|
UN proclaims the International Decade for People of African Descent
|
| 23 December 2013 |
International
|
International history trans-atlantic slavery
|
UN proclaims the International Decade for People of African Descent
|
| 23 December 2013 |
Unknown
|
Crime against humanity
|
UN proclaims International Decade for People of African Descent
|
| 13 December 2013 |
Brazil
|
History slavery Brasil
|
UN experts conclude a visit examining racism in Brazil
|
| 17 September 2013 |
Jamaica
|
History slavery Jamaica
|
CARICOM constitutes a regional Reparations Commission
|
| 15 September 2013 |
Grenada
|
History slavery Grenada
|
Grenada joins the first CARICOM regional reparations conference
|
| 15 September 2013 |
Caribbean,
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
|
International history trans-atlantic slavery
|
First Regional Conference on Reparations opens in St. Vincent
|
| 7 July 2013 |
Unknown
|
International history trans-atlantic slavery
|
CARICOM heads agree to establish reparations committees
|
| 6 July 2013 |
Unknown
|
History slavery Trinidad
|
CARICOM heads establish a regional reparations framework in Port of Spain
|
| 6 July 2013 |
Haiti
|
History slavery Haiti
|
CARICOM agrees regional reparations action, including Haiti
|
| 4 July 2013 |
Unknown
|
Crime against humanity
|
CARICOM leaders mandate a regional reparations commission
|
| 6 June 2013 |
Kenya,
United Kingdom
|
Reparations
|
UK agrees compensation and memorial support for Mau Mau claimants
|
| 6 June 2013 |
United Kingdom
|
Apologies of European kings on slavery and colonialism
|
Britain settles Mau Mau torture claims and expresses regret
|
| 2 April 2013 |
Brazil
|
History slavery Brasil
|
Constitutional Amendment 72 extends labor rights to domestic workers
|
| 29 August 2012 |
Brazil
|
History slavery Brasil
|
The Quota Law reserves places in federal higher education
|
| 29 August 2012 |
Brazil
|
International history trans-atlantic slavery
|
Brazil enacts a federal university admissions quota law
|
| 26 April 2012 |
Brazil
|
History slavery Brasil
|
Supreme Court upholds racial quotas at the University of Brasília
|
| 19 December 2011 |
Venezuela
|
History slavery Venezuela
|
Organic Law Against Racial Discrimination is published
|
| 10 November 2011 |
Brazil
|
History slavery Brasil
|
Brazil establishes a National Day of Black Consciousness
|
| 22 September 2011 |
Unknown
|
Crime against humanity
|
UN marks ten years since the Durban Declaration
|
| 2 September 2011 |
Venezuela
|
History slavery Venezuela
|
National census includes Afro-descendant self-identification
|
| 1 January 2011 |
International
|
International history trans-atlantic slavery
|
International Year for People of African Descent begins
|
| 10 October 2010 |
Unknown
|
History slavery Dutch Antilles
|
The Netherlands Antilles is dissolved
|
| 20 July 2010 |
Brazil
|
History slavery Brasil
|
The Racial Equality Statute establishes a broad framework of rights
|
| 20 July 2010 |
Brazil
|
International history trans-atlantic slavery
|
Brazil enacts the Statute of Racial Equality
|
| 12 January 2010 |
Haiti
|
History slavery Haiti
|
Earthquake displacement heightens children’s exposure to exploitation
|
| 18 December 2009 |
International
|
International history trans-atlantic slavery
|
UN proclaims 2011 the International Year for People of African Descent
|
| 18 December 2009 |
Unknown
|
Crime against humanity
|
UN declares 2011 International Year for People of African Descent
|
| 20 October 2009 |
Brazil
|
History slavery Brasil
|
INCRA replaces the contested titling rules again
|
| 4 September 2009 |
Haiti
|
History slavery Haiti
|
UN report identifies restavèk child domestic servitude as a contemporary form of slavery
|
| 2 May 2009 |
Grenada
|
History slavery Grenada
|
A plaque and renamed road commemorate the Maidstone landing
|
| 29 April 2009 |
Grenada
|
History slavery Grenada
|
Grenada designates Indian Arrival Day
|
| 22 January 2009 |
Jamaica
|
History slavery Jamaica
|
Cabinet approves a National Commission on Reparations
|
| 29 September 2008 |
Brazil
|
History slavery Brasil
|
INCRA’s new instruction reshapes quilombola titling requirements
|
| 30 August 2008 |
Italy,
Libya
|
Reparations
|
Italy and Libya sign a treaty for colonial-era infrastructure funding and cooperation
|
| 30 August 2008 |
Italy
|
Apologies of European kings on slavery and colonialism
|
Berlusconi apologizes to Libya for colonial rule and signs friendship treaty
|
| 15 July 2008 |
Brazil
|
History slavery Brasil
|
Mestres’ craft and teaching become part of national heritage record
|
| 15 July 2008 |
Brazil
|
History slavery Brasil
|
Roda de Capoeira is recognized as Brazilian intangible heritage
|
| 11 June 2008 |
Canada
|
Reparations
|
Canada apologizes to former residential school students
|
| 25 March 2008 |
Unknown
|
International history trans-atlantic slavery
|
UN first observes its annual day of remembrance for victims of slavery
|
| 25 March 2008 |
Unknown
|
Crime against humanity
|
International Day of Remembrance first observed
|
| 10 March 2008 |
Brazil
|
International history trans-atlantic slavery
|
Brazil expands required curricula to include Indigenous history and culture
|
| 13 February 2008 |
Australia
|
Reparations
|
Parliament apologizes to the Stolen Generations
|
| 27 December 2007 |
Brazil
|
History slavery Brasil
|
Brazil establishes a National Day to Combat Religious Intolerance
|
| 17 December 2007 |
Unknown
|
International history trans-atlantic slavery
|
UN establishes the annual International Day of Remembrance
|
| 17 December 2007 |
Unknown
|
Crime against humanity
|
UN establishes remembrance day and memorial initiative
|
| 28 November 2007 |
Suriname
|
Reparations
|
Inter-American Court recognizes Saramaka collective rights and reparations
|
| 19 September 2007 |
Canada
|
Reparations
|
Indian Residential Schools Settlement Agreement implementation begins
|
| 19 July 2007 |
Haiti
|
History slavery Haiti
|
Haiti ratifies the ILO Convention on the Worst Forms of Child Labour
|
| 18 June 2007 |
Brazil
|
History slavery Brasil
|
Tambor de Crioula is registered as Maranhão heritage
|
| 25 March 2007 |
United Kingdom
|
Apologies of European kings on slavery and colonialism
|
Slave-trade bicentenary renews calls for a full British apology
|
| 7 February 2007 |
Brazil
|
History slavery Brasil
|
Brazil recognizes traditional peoples’ territories in national policy
|
| 18 December 2006 |
Australia
|
Reparations
|
Tasmania legislates ex gratia payments for Stolen Generations survivors
|
| 28 November 2006 |
United Kingdom
|
Apologies of European kings on slavery and colonialism
|
Blair expresses deep sorrow for Britain’s role in the slave trade
|
| 1 March 2006 |
Brazil
|
History slavery Brasil
|
Brazil ratifies UNESCO’s convention on intangible heritage
|
| 30 January 2006 |
France
|
Apologies of European kings on slavery and colonialism
|
France establishes 10 May as slavery remembrance day
|
| 15 December 2005 |
Brazil
|
History slavery Brasil
|
Jongo communities gain federal intangible heritage recognition
|
| 25 November 2005 |
Brazil
|
History slavery Brasil
|
UNESCO proclaims Samba de Roda a cultural heritage masterpiece
|
| 19 September 2005 |
Brazil
|
History slavery Brasil
|
INCRA revises the administrative path to quilombola titles
|
| 30 June 2005 |
Brazil
|
History slavery Brasil
|
First National Conference on Racial Equality opens
|
| 17 June 2005 |
Norway
|
Apologies of European kings on slavery and colonialism
|
Finnmark Act recognizes local and Sámi interests in land
|
| 10 May 2005 |
Venezuela
|
History slavery Venezuela
|
National Assembly designates May 10 as Afro-Venezuelan Day
|
| 5 October 2004 |
Brazil
|
History slavery Brasil
|
Samba de Roda of Recôncavo enters Brazil’s heritage register
|
| 14 August 2004 |
Germany
|
Apologies of European kings on slavery and colonialism
|
German development minister asks Herero for forgiveness
|
| 17 June 2004 |
Brazil
|
History slavery Brasil
|
Education guidelines require Afro-Brazilian history and culture in teacher training
|
| 24 March 2004 |
Brazil
|
History slavery Brasil
|
INCRA issues its first detailed procedure under Decree 4,887
|
| 20 November 2003 |
Brazil
|
Reparations
|
Brazil establishes a federal process to title quilombola territories
|
| 20 November 2003 |
Brazil
|
History slavery Brasil
|
Decree 4,886 establishes a national policy for racial equality
|
| 20 November 2003 |
Brazil
|
History slavery Brasil
|
Decree 4,883 transfers quilombola land regularization to agrarian authorities
|
| 20 November 2003 |
Brazil
|
History slavery Brasil
|
Decree 4,887 establishes a process for collective quilombola land titles
|
| 23 May 2003 |
Brazil
|
History slavery Brasil
|
Law formalizes SEPPIR’s mandate
|
| 7 April 2003 |
Haiti
|
History slavery Haiti
|
Aristide demands restitution of Haiti’s independence debt
|
| 21 March 2003 |
Brazil
|
History slavery Brasil
|
Brazil creates SEPPIR on the International Day against Racism
|
| 9 January 2003 |
Brazil
|
History slavery Brasil
|
Law 10,639 makes Afro-Brazilian and African history part of the school curriculum
|
| 9 January 2003 |
Brazil
|
International history trans-atlantic slavery
|
Brazil requires teaching Afro-Brazilian history and culture
|
| 13 May 2002 |
Brazil
|
History slavery Brasil
|
Federal government creates an affirmative-action program
|
| 25 April 2002 |
Unknown
|
Crime against humanity
|
UN creates Working Group of Experts on People of African Descent
|
| 9 November 2001 |
Brazil
|
History slavery Brasil
|
Rio de Janeiro establishes university quotas for Black and Brown students
|
| 10 September 2001 |
Brazil
|
History slavery Brasil
|
Decree 3,912 narrows the rules for quilombola land recognition
|
| 8 September 2001 |
South Africa
|
Reparations
|
Durban Declaration calls slavery a crime against humanity
|
| 8 September 2001 |
Brazil
|
History slavery Brasil
|
Durban Declaration links slavery’s legacy to justice and reparations
|
| 8 September 2001 |
South Africa
|
International history trans-atlantic slavery
|
Durban Declaration recognizes slavery and the slave trade as crimes against humanity
|
| 8 September 2001 |
Unknown
|
Crime against humanity
|
Durban Declaration and Programme of Action adopted
|
| 31 August 2001 |
Nicaragua
|
Reparations
|
Inter-American Court orders recognition of Awas Tingni communal land
|
| 31 August 2001 |
International,
South Africa
|
International history trans-atlantic slavery
|
World Conference against Racism opens in Durban
|
| 31 August 2001 |
Unknown
|
Crime against humanity
|
World Conference against Racism opens in Durban
|
| 28 August 2001 |
Unknown
|
Crime against humanity
|
Durban NGO Forum opens
|
| 21 May 2001 |
France
|
Reparations
|
Taubira Law recognizes slavery and slave trading as crimes against humanity
|
| 21 May 2001 |
France
|
Apologies of European kings on slavery and colonialism
|
Taubira law recognizes slavery and the slave trade as crimes against humanity
|
| 15 November 2000 |
International
|
International history trans-atlantic slavery
|
UN adopts the Palermo Protocol on trafficking in persons
|
| 4 August 2000 |
Brazil
|
History slavery Brasil
|
Brazil creates a register for intangible cultural heritage
|
| 23 August 1999 |
Senegal
|
International history trans-atlantic slavery
|
Gorée Island in Senegal commemorates the slave trade and its abolition
|
| 29 September 1998 |
New Zealand
|
Reparations
|
Ngāi Tahu Claims Settlement Act gives legal effect to redress
|
| 23 August 1998 |
Haiti
|
International history trans-atlantic slavery
|
Haiti holds an early observance of the Slave Trade Remembrance Day
|
| 17 July 1998 |
International,
Italy
|
International history trans-atlantic slavery
|
States adopt the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court
|
| 17 July 1998 |
Unknown
|
Crime against humanity
|
Rome Statute codifies enslavement as a crime against humanity
|
| 12 December 1997 |
Unknown
|
Crime against humanity
|
UN sets course for World Conference against Racism
|
| 21 November 1997 |
New Zealand
|
Reparations
|
Ngāi Tahu deed records Crown apology and settlement
|
| 7 October 1997 |
Norway
|
Apologies of European kings on slavery and colonialism
|
King Harald apologizes for Norwegianization
|
| 1 August 1997 |
Jamaica
|
History slavery Jamaica
|
Emancipation Day returns as a national public holiday
|
| 13 May 1997 |
Brazil
|
History slavery Brasil
|
Law 9,459 explicitly includes religion in anti-discrimination law
|
| 26 January 1996 |
Unknown
|
History slavery Trinidad
|
Government declares Spiritual Baptist Liberation Day
|
| 20 November 1995 |
Brazil
|
History slavery Brasil
|
Boa Vista wins Brazil’s first collective quilombola land title
|
| 20 November 1995 |
Brazil
|
History slavery Brasil
|
The Marcha Zumbi brings Black demands to Brasília
|
| 17 July 1995 |
Finland
|
Apologies of European kings on slavery and colonialism
|
Finland adopts the Act on the Sámi Parliament
|
| 22 May 1995 |
New Zealand
|
Reparations
|
Waikato-Tainui and the Crown sign a raupatu settlement deed
|
| 27 April 1994 |
South Africa
|
International history trans-atlantic slavery
|
South Africa holds its first democratic election under universal suffrage
|
| 10 May 1993 |
Unknown
|
Crime against humanity
|
UK parliamentary motion brings Abuja demands into Westminster
|
| 29 April 1993 |
Nigeria
|
Reparations
|
Abuja Proclamation makes a Pan-African reparations claim
|
| 29 April 1993 |
Unknown
|
Crime against humanity
|
Abuja Proclamation calls for international reparatory justice
|
| 17 December 1992 |
Guyana
|
History slavery Guyana
|
African Cultural and Development Association is founded
|
| 9 October 1989 |
Norway
|
Apologies of European kings on slavery and colonialism
|
The Sámi Parliament opens in Norway
|
| 5 October 1989 |
Brazil
|
International history trans-atlantic slavery
|
Brazil promulgates a constitution recognizing quilombo land rights
|
| 5 January 1989 |
Brazil
|
History slavery Brasil
|
The Caó Law defines crimes of racial discrimination
|
| 3 January 1989 |
Unknown
|
Crime against humanity
|
H.R. 40 opens a legislative route to study reparations
|
| 5 October 1988 |
Brazil
|
History slavery Brasil
|
The Constitution recognizes quilombo land rights and condemns racism
|
| 22 August 1988 |
Brazil
|
History slavery Brasil
|
Law creates the Cultural Foundation Palmares
|
| 12 June 1987 |
Norway
|
Apologies of European kings on slavery and colonialism
|
Norway adopts the Sámi Act
|
| 21 October 1986 |
Africa
|
International history trans-atlantic slavery
|
African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights enters into force
|
| 1 January 1986 |
Aruba
|
History slavery Dutch Antilles
|
Aruba attains Status Aparte
|
| 1 August 1985 |
Unknown
|
History slavery Trinidad
|
Emancipation Day is first observed as a national public holiday
|
| 31 May 1984 |
Brazil
|
History slavery Brasil
|
IPHAN council approves protection for Terreiro da Casa Branca
|
| 23 November 1983 |
French Guiana
|
History slavery French Guyana
|
A decree fixes 10 June as French Guiana’s annual abolition commemoration
|
| 1 August 1983 |
International,
Switzerland
|
International history trans-atlantic slavery
|
Second World Conference to Combat Racism opens in Geneva
|
| 30 June 1983 |
French Guiana
|
History slavery French Guyana
|
France establishes local annual commemorations of slavery’s abolition
|
| 27 June 1981 |
Africa,
Kenya
|
International history trans-atlantic slavery
|
African states adopt the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights
|
| 27 November 1978 |
International
|
International history trans-atlantic slavery
|
UNESCO adopts the Declaration on Race and Racial Prejudice
|
| 7 July 1978 |
Brazil
|
History slavery Brasil
|
The Unified Black Movement stages a public protest in São Paulo
|
| 16 June 1977 |
Guyana
|
History slavery Guyana
|
Guyana unveils the Enmore Martyrs’ Monument
|
| 16 June 1976 |
South Africa
|
International history trans-atlantic slavery
|
Soweto students rise against apartheid education policy
|
| 23 May 1976 |
Guyana
|
History slavery Guyana
|
Guyana unveils the 1763 Monument to commemorate enslaved resistance
|
| 15 January 1976 |
Brazil
|
History slavery Brasil
|
Bahia ends police registration requirements for Candomblé terreiros
|
| 11 November 1975 |
Angola
|
International history trans-atlantic slavery
|
Angola declares independence from Portugal
|
| 30 November 1973 |
International
|
International history trans-atlantic slavery
|
UN adopts the Apartheid Convention
|
| 4 July 1973 |
Unknown
|
International history trans-atlantic slavery
|
Treaty of Chaguaramas establishes CARICOM
|
| 19 June 1973 |
Unknown
|
History slavery Trinidad
|
Labour Day is first observed as a public holiday
|
| 11 December 1972 |
Brazil
|
History slavery Brasil
|
A first federal law recognizes domestic work as an occupation
|
| 20 November 1971 |
Brazil
|
History slavery Brasil
|
Grupo Palmares holds the first November 20 Black resistance commemoration
|
| 20 July 1971 |
Brazil
|
History slavery Brasil
|
Black activists in Porto Alegre form Grupo Palmares
|
| 21 April 1970 |
Unknown
|
History slavery Trinidad
|
Government declares a State of Emergency during Black Power protests
|
| 6 April 1970 |
Unknown
|
History slavery Trinidad
|
Police kill Black Power demonstrator Basil Davis
|
| 26 February 1970 |
Unknown
|
History slavery Trinidad
|
Black Power demonstration marches from UWI to Port of Spain
|
| 23 February 1970 |
Guyana
|
History slavery Guyana
|
Guyana becomes a republic within the Commonwealth
|
| 8 December 1969 |
Brazil
|
History slavery Brasil
|
Brazil promulgates the UN Convention against racial discrimination
|
| 20 October 1969 |
Jamaica
|
History slavery Jamaica
|
Jamaica first observes National Heroes Day
|
| 5 September 1969 |
Curacao
|
History slavery Dutch Antilles
|
FOL enters the election as a new labor and liberation force
|
| 26 June 1969 |
Unknown
|
History slavery Dutch Antilles
|
Interim government takes office
|
| 5 June 1969 |
Unknown
|
History slavery Dutch Antilles
|
Prime Minister Ciro Kroon resigns
|
| 2 June 1969 |
Unknown
|
History slavery Dutch Antilles
|
Antillean parliament agrees to dissolve
|
| 1 June 1969 |
Curacao
|
History slavery Dutch Antilles
|
Dutch marines arrive after the uprising
|
| 31 May 1969 |
Aruba,
Curacao
|
History slavery Dutch Antilles
|
Aruban labor representatives support a general-strike threat
|
| 31 May 1969 |
Curacao
|
History slavery Dutch Antilles
|
The struggle’s demands expand to political change
|
| 30 May 1969 |
Curacao
|
History slavery Dutch Antilles
|
Police violence turns the march into a wider uprising
|
| 30 May 1969 |
Curacao
|
History slavery Dutch Antilles
|
Marchers demand bread and recognition
|
| 30 May 1969 |
Curacao
|
History slavery Dutch Antilles
|
Thousands gather at Post V
|
| 30 May 1969 |
Curacao
|
History slavery Dutch Antilles
|
Trinta di Mei labor uprising
|
| 29 May 1969 |
Curacao
|
History slavery Dutch Antilles
|
Workers vote for a solidarity strike
|
| 29 May 1969 |
Curacao
|
History slavery Dutch Antilles
|
Solidarity strike decided
|
| 26 May 1969 |
Curacao
|
History slavery Dutch Antilles
|
CFW renews the strike
|
| 7 May 1969 |
Curacao
|
History slavery Dutch Antilles
|
Union negotiations demand “equal work, equal pay”
|
| 7 May 1969 |
Unknown
|
History slavery Dutch Antilles
|
Negotiations resume with equal-pay demand
|
| 6 May 1969 |
Curacao
|
History slavery Dutch Antilles
|
Wescar workers strike over contract and pay inequality
|
| 6 May 1969 |
Unknown
|
History slavery Dutch Antilles
|
Wescar workers strike over labor conditions
|
| 26 November 1968 |
Unknown
|
Crime against humanity
|
Convention on non-applicability of limitations adopted
|
| 11 April 1968 |
United States
|
International history trans-atlantic slavery
|
United States enacts the Fair Housing Act
|
| 12 June 1967 |
United States
|
International history trans-atlantic slavery
|
US Supreme Court invalidates bans on interracial marriage
|
| 30 November 1966 |
Barbados
|
International history trans-atlantic slavery
|
Barbados becomes independent
|
| 15 October 1966 |
United States
|
International history trans-atlantic slavery
|
Black Panther Party is founded in Oakland
|
| 26 May 1966 |
Guyana
|
History slavery Guyana
|
Guyana becomes independent
|
| 21 December 1965 |
Unknown
|
Crime against humanity
|
International Convention on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination adopted
|
| 6 August 1965 |
United States
|
International history trans-atlantic slavery
|
United States enacts the Voting Rights Act
|
| 2 July 1964 |
United States
|
International history trans-atlantic slavery
|
United States enacts the Civil Rights Act
|
| 28 August 1963 |
United States
|
International history trans-atlantic slavery
|
March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom
|
| 1 July 1963 |
Curacao
|
History slavery Dutch Antilles
|
Centennial monument unveiled on the Rif
|
| 25 May 1963 |
Africa,
Ethiopia
|
International history trans-atlantic slavery
|
Organization of African Unity is founded
|
| 2 March 1963 |
Brazil
|
History slavery Brasil
|
The Rural Worker Statute establishes a framework for rural labor rights
|
| 31 August 1962 |
Unknown
|
History slavery Trinidad
|
Trinidad and Tobago becomes independent
|
| 6 August 1962 |
Jamaica
|
History slavery Jamaica
|
Jamaica becomes independent
|
| 6 August 1962 |
Jamaica
|
International history trans-atlantic slavery
|
Jamaica becomes independent
|
| 19 September 1961 |
Jamaica
|
History slavery Jamaica
|
Voters reject continued membership in the West Indies Federation
|
| 21 August 1961 |
Guyana
|
History slavery Guyana
|
British Guiana votes under a new constitution
|
| 14 December 1960 |
United States
|
International history trans-atlantic slavery
|
UN declares colonial peoples’ right to independence
|
| 1 October 1960 |
Nigeria
|
International history trans-atlantic slavery
|
Nigeria becomes independent
|
| 21 March 1960 |
South Africa
|
International history trans-atlantic slavery
|
Police kill protesters at Sharpeville
|
| 8 December 1958 |
Ghana
|
International history trans-atlantic slavery
|
All-African Peoples’ Conference opens in Accra
|
| 12 August 1957 |
Guyana
|
History slavery Guyana
|
Elections restore a limited elected legislature
|
| 6 March 1957 |
Ghana
|
International history trans-atlantic slavery
|
Ghana becomes independent
|
| 19 September 1956 |
France
|
International history trans-atlantic slavery
|
First International Congress of Black Writers and Artists opens in Paris
|
| 7 September 1956 |
Switzerland
|
International history trans-atlantic slavery
|
UN adopts a supplementary convention targeting slavery-like practices
|
| 7 September 1956 |
Unknown
|
Crime against humanity
|
Supplementary Slavery Convention adopted
|
| 18 April 1955 |
Indonesia
|
International history trans-atlantic slavery
|
Asian-African Conference opens at Bandung
|
| 9 October 1953 |
Guyana
|
History slavery Guyana
|
Britain suspends British Guiana’s constitution
|
| 27 April 1953 |
Guyana
|
History slavery Guyana
|
Adult-suffrage election brings the People’s Progressive Party to office
|
| 3 July 1951 |
Brazil
|
History slavery Brasil
|
The Afonso Arinos Law makes some racial discrimination a criminal contravention
|
| 18 September 1950 |
Unknown
|
History slavery Trinidad
|
Butler Party wins the largest bloc in the Legislative Council
|
| 10 December 1948 |
France
|
International history trans-atlantic slavery
|
Universal Declaration of Human Rights affirms freedom from slavery
|
| 10 December 1948 |
Unknown
|
Crime against humanity
|
Universal Declaration of Human Rights adopted
|
| 9 December 1948 |
Brazil
|
History slavery Brasil
|
The Black newspaper Quilombo publishes its first issue
|
| 17 June 1948 |
Guyana
|
History slavery Guyana
|
Sugar workers march to bury the Enmore dead
|
| 16 June 1948 |
Guyana
|
History slavery Guyana
|
Colonial police kill five striking sugar workers at Enmore
|
| 15 June 1948 |
Guyana
|
History slavery Guyana
|
Talks at Non Pareil fail to settle the sugar strike
|
| 5 June 1948 |
Guyana
|
History slavery Guyana
|
Striking sugar workers take their demands to Georgetown
|
| 22 April 1948 |
Guyana
|
History slavery Guyana
|
Sugar workers begin a colony-wide strike against the cut-and-load system
|
| 28 October 1946 |
Unknown
|
History slavery Trinidad
|
County Council elections extend universal suffrage to local government
|
| 1 July 1946 |
Unknown
|
History slavery Trinidad
|
First Legislative Council election under universal adult suffrage
|
| 24 October 1945 |
Global
|
International history trans-atlantic slavery
|
United Nations Charter enters into force
|
| 15 October 1945 |
United Kingdom
|
International history trans-atlantic slavery
|
Fifth Pan-African Congress opens in Manchester
|
| 11 October 1945 |
Brazil
|
History slavery Brasil
|
A labor-law amendment expressly excludes domestic and rural workers
|
| 18 September 1945 |
Brazil
|
History slavery Brasil
|
Immigration law names European ancestry as a national preference
|
| 8 August 1945 |
Unknown
|
Crime against humanity
|
London Charter defines crimes against humanity
|
| 14 December 1944 |
Jamaica
|
History slavery Jamaica
|
Jamaicans vote in the first election under universal adult suffrage
|
| 20 November 1944 |
Jamaica
|
History slavery Jamaica
|
Universal adult suffrage takes effect under Jamaica’s new constitution
|
| 13 October 1944 |
Brazil
|
History slavery Brasil
|
Abdias do Nascimento founds the Teatro Experimental do Negro
|
| 8 July 1943 |
Jamaica
|
History slavery Jamaica
|
The Jamaica Labour Party is launched
|
| 1 May 1943 |
Brazil
|
History slavery Brasil
|
The Consolidation of Labor Laws codifies urban labor protections
|
| 1 May 1940 |
Brazil
|
History slavery Brasil
|
Brazil establishes a national minimum-wage system
|
| 13 December 1939 |
Suriname
|
History slavery Suriname
|
Kota Gede brings the final recorded Javanese migration group
|
| 5 July 1939 |
Brazil
|
History slavery Brasil
|
The Estado Novo tightly regulates union association
|
| 16 February 1939 |
Guyana
|
History slavery Guyana
|
Police kill four striking workers at Plantation Leonora
|
| 18 September 1938 |
Jamaica
|
History slavery Jamaica
|
The People’s National Party is launched
|
| 1 July 1938 |
Curacao
|
History slavery Dutch Antilles
|
Seventy-fifth anniversary passes without official remembrance
|
| 26 May 1938 |
Jamaica
|
History slavery Jamaica
|
Spanish Town protests extend the labor crisis
|
| 23 May 1938 |
Jamaica
|
History slavery Jamaica
|
Strikes and police gunfire shake Kingston
|
| 11 May 1938 |
Unknown
|
History slavery Trinidad
|
Parliament reports oil workers’ wage dispute referred to arbitration
|
| 4 May 1938 |
Brazil
|
History slavery Brasil
|
A decree-law further regulates admission of foreign nationals
|
| 2 May 1938 |
Jamaica
|
History slavery Jamaica
|
Police fire on strikers at Old Frome
|
| 29 April 1938 |
Jamaica
|
History slavery Jamaica
|
Frome workers challenge wages during factory construction
|
| 2 December 1937 |
Brazil
|
History slavery Brasil
|
The Estado Novo dissolves political parties, closing the FNB’s party phase
|
| 30 November 1937 |
Brazil
|
History slavery Brasil
|
Heritage law creates a state framework that marginalized living Black culture
|
| 9 September 1937 |
Unknown
|
History slavery Trinidad
|
Butler surrenders and is arrested after months in hiding
|
| 25 July 1937 |
Unknown
|
History slavery Trinidad
|
Oilfield Workers’ Trade Union is formed
|
| 21 July 1937 |
Unknown
|
History slavery Trinidad
|
British Parliament discusses a commission into the disturbances
|
| 23 June 1937 |
Unknown
|
History slavery Trinidad
|
Police gunfire kills workers during unrest in Rio Claro
|
| 22 June 1937 |
Unknown
|
History slavery Trinidad
|
Strikes reach the sugar districts and Port of Spain
|
| 21 June 1937 |
Unknown
|
History slavery Trinidad
|
Oilfield strikes spread across Trinidad
|
| 19 June 1937 |
Unknown
|
History slavery Trinidad
|
Oilfield workers strike and revolt in Fyzabad
|
| 3 October 1935 |
Ethiopia
|
International history trans-atlantic slavery
|
Italy invades Ethiopia
|
| 15 August 1934 |
Haiti
|
History slavery Haiti
|
The last U.S. Marines leave Haiti
|
| 20 July 1934 |
Unknown
|
History slavery Trinidad
|
Police block a planned march linking sugar workers and the unemployed
|
| 16 July 1934 |
Brazil
|
History slavery Brasil
|
The Constitution embeds labor rights and an immigration quota
|
| 6 July 1934 |
Unknown
|
History slavery Trinidad
|
Sugar workers protest unemployment at Couva
|
| 1 July 1933 |
Unknown
|
History slavery Trinidad
|
Trade Unions Act comes into force
|
| 19 June 1933 |
Unknown
|
History slavery Trinidad
|
National Unemployed Movement stages a hunger march in Port of Spain
|
| 16 September 1931 |
Brazil
|
History slavery Brasil
|
The Frente Negra Brasileira organizes a mass Black political movement
|
| 19 March 1931 |
Brazil
|
History slavery Brasil
|
Union regulation places organizing under federal supervision
|
| 12 December 1930 |
Brazil
|
History slavery Brasil
|
The “two-thirds” rule reserves most contracted positions for Brazilian-born workers
|
| 26 November 1930 |
Brazil
|
History slavery Brasil
|
The provisional government creates a Ministry of Labor
|
| 28 June 1930 |
Switzerland
|
International history trans-atlantic slavery
|
ILO adopts the Forced Labour Convention
|
| 26 March 1930 |
Haiti
|
History slavery Haiti
|
Forbes Commission report recommends gradual U.S. withdrawal
|
| 6 December 1929 |
Haiti
|
History slavery Haiti
|
U.S. Marines fire on a peasant demonstration at Marchaterre
|
| 25 September 1926 |
Switzerland
|
International history trans-atlantic slavery
|
League of Nations adopts the Slavery Convention
|
| 7 February 1925 |
Unknown
|
History slavery Trinidad
|
First Legislative Council election under a restricted franchise
|
| 3 April 1924 |
Guyana
|
History slavery Guyana
|
Police shoot sugar workers marching in solidarity at Ruimveldt
|
| 1 July 1922 |
Curacao
|
History slavery Dutch Antilles
|
Dockworkers form a union during a strike
|
| 13 August 1920 |
International,
United States
|
International history trans-atlantic slavery
|
UNIA adopts the Declaration of Rights of the Negro Peoples of the World
|
| 10 January 1920 |
France
|
International history trans-atlantic slavery
|
Treaty of Versailles enters into force and brings the League of Nations into being
|
| 1 January 1920 |
Unknown
|
History slavery Trinidad
|
Existing Indian indenture contracts are formally terminated
|
| 1 January 1920 |
Guyana
|
History slavery Guyana
|
British Guiana formally ends outstanding indenture contracts
|
| 31 October 1919 |
Haiti
|
History slavery Haiti
|
U.S. Marines kill resistance leader Charlemagne Péralte
|
| 11 April 1919 |
France
|
International history trans-atlantic slavery
|
International Labour Organization is established
|
| 19 February 1919 |
France
|
International history trans-atlantic slavery
|
First Pan-African Congress meets in Paris
|
| 12 July 1917 |
Brazil
|
History slavery Brasil
|
The São Paulo labor dispute becomes a general strike
|
| 11 July 1917 |
Brazil
|
History slavery Brasil
|
A mass funeral procession turns grief into public protest
|
| 9 July 1917 |
Brazil
|
History slavery Brasil
|
Police kill shoemaker José I. Martinez during strike unrest
|
| 9 June 1917 |
Brazil
|
History slavery Brasil
|
Workers at Cotonifício Crespi begin a wage strike
|
| 22 April 1917 |
Unknown
|
History slavery Trinidad
|
The Ganges brings the last indentured immigrants to Trinidad
|
| 18 April 1917 |
Guyana
|
History slavery Guyana
|
The SS Ganges brings the last group of Indian indentured migrants
|
| 12 March 1917 |
Unknown
|
History slavery Trinidad
|
Recruitment of Indian indentured laborers is suspended
|
| 12 March 1917 |
Guyana
|
History slavery Guyana
|
India halts recruitment for indentured labor in British colonies
|
| 10 January 1917 |
Suriname
|
History slavery Suriname
|
Javanese recruitment continues after Indian recruitment ends
|
| 4 January 1917 |
Guyana
|
History slavery Guyana
|
Georgetown wharf workers begin a ten-day strike
|
| 1 January 1917 |
Curacao
|
History slavery Dutch Antilles
|
Curaçaosche Petroleum Maatschappij takes effect
|
| 27 November 1916 |
Curacao
|
History slavery Dutch Antilles
|
Refinery company formation announced
|
| 24 May 1916 |
Suriname
|
History slavery Suriname
|
Dewa marks the final Hindostani contract-worker ship arrival
|
| 26 August 1915 |
Curacao
|
History slavery Dutch Antilles
|
BPM reports purchase of plantation Asiento
|
| 28 July 1915 |
Haiti
|
History slavery Haiti
|
U.S. Marines invade Haiti and begin a nineteen-year occupation
|
| 15 May 1915 |
Curacao
|
History slavery Dutch Antilles
|
Government approves refinery-related piers
|
| 1 July 1913 |
Curacao
|
History slavery Dutch Antilles
|
Fiftieth anniversary remembered
|
| 13 March 1913 |
Guyana
|
History slavery Guyana
|
Police kill fifteen workers at Rose Hall after a labor dispute
|
| 26 July 1911 |
United Kingdom
|
International history trans-atlantic slavery
|
Universal Races Congress convenes in London
|
| 22 November 1910 |
Brazil
|
History slavery Brasil
|
Sailors revolt against flogging and racialized naval discipline
|
| 11 March 1909 |
Bonaire
|
History slavery Dutch Antilles
|
Camilio Horacio Goeloe is born in Rincon
|
| 1 May 1907 |
Bonaire
|
History slavery Dutch Antilles
|
Carolus Paulus Goeloe marries Eligia Cornelia Kroon
|
| 5 January 1907 |
Brazil
|
History slavery Brasil
|
A decree recognizes professional unions under the First Republic
|
| 1 December 1905 |
Guyana
|
History slavery Guyana
|
Police fire on workers during the December 1905 protests
|
| 28 November 1905 |
Guyana
|
History slavery Guyana
|
Georgetown waterfront workers strike for better wages
|
| 30 July 1902 |
Suriname
|
History slavery Suriname
|
Colonial troops fire on workers at Mariënburg
|
| 29 July 1902 |
Suriname
|
History slavery Suriname
|
Workers kill Mariënburg director James Mavor
|
| 27 July 1902 |
Suriname
|
History slavery Suriname
|
Reed cutters reject the task rate at Mariënburg
|
| 2 July 1902 |
Suriname
|
History slavery Suriname
|
Mariënburg workers stop work over wages and labor conditions
|
| 29 June 1902 |
Suriname
|
History slavery Suriname
|
Arrest of Jumpa Raygaroo sparks confrontation at Alliance
|
| 28 June 1902 |
Suriname
|
History slavery Suriname
|
Hindostani and Javanese workers strike at Alliance
|
| 23 July 1900 |
United Kingdom
|
International history trans-atlantic slavery
|
First Pan-African Conference opens in London
|
| 14 April 1898 |
Bonaire
|
History slavery Dutch Antilles
|
Marciana Goeloe is born in Rincon
|
| 8 September 1897 |
Bonaire
|
History slavery Dutch Antilles
|
Carolus Paulus Goeloe marries Felecita Sintjago
|
| 13 October 1896 |
Guyana
|
History slavery Guyana
|
Police fire on striking workers at Non Pareil
|
| 16 June 1894 |
Suriname
|
History slavery Suriname
|
A new Javanese cohort arrives aboard Voorwaarts
|
| 11 December 1892 |
Brazil
|
History slavery Brasil
|
Black journalists launch O Exemplo in Porto Alegre
|
| 24 February 1891 |
Brazil
|
History slavery Brasil
|
The first republican Constitution preserves major barriers to political participation
|
| 11 October 1890 |
Brazil
|
History slavery Brasil
|
Penal Code criminalizes “spiritism” and unauthorized healing
|
| 11 October 1890 |
Brazil
|
History slavery Brasil
|
The Republic criminalizes capoeira in its penal code
|
| 9 August 1890 |
Suriname
|
History slavery Suriname
|
The first Javanese contract workers arrive in Suriname
|
| 2 July 1890 |
Africa,
Belgium
|
International history trans-atlantic slavery
|
Brussels Act establishes an international anti-slave-trade regime
|
| 28 June 1890 |
Brazil
|
History slavery Brasil
|
Decree 528 restricts entry of people described as Indigenous to Asia or Africa
|
| 1 July 1888 |
Curacao
|
History slavery Dutch Antilles
|
Twenty-fifth anniversary of emancipation
|
| 20 May 1888 |
Brazil
|
History slavery Brasil
|
Perseverança e Porvir publicly celebrates the abolition of slavery
|
| 13 May 1888 |
Brazil
|
History slavery Brasil
|
The Lei Áurea abolishes slavery throughout Brazil
|
| 13 May 1888 |
Brazil
|
International history trans-atlantic slavery
|
Brazil abolishes slavery through the Lei Áurea
|
| 11 May 1888 |
Brazil
|
History slavery Brasil
|
A Senate committee reviews the abolition proposal
|
| 10 May 1888 |
Brazil
|
History slavery Brasil
|
The Chamber of Deputies approves the abolition bill
|
| 8 May 1888 |
Brazil
|
History slavery Brasil
|
The government submits an immediate abolition bill to the Chamber
|
| 3 May 1888 |
Brazil
|
History slavery Brasil
|
Princess Regent Isabel’s opening address calls for ending slavery
|
| 23 April 1888 |
Brazil
|
History slavery Brasil
|
Clube do Cupim helps embark 119 people fleeing enslavement
|
| 18 March 1888 |
Brazil
|
History slavery Brasil
|
The paper calls for collective self-emancipation amid flight
|
| 10 March 1888 |
Brazil
|
History slavery Brasil
|
João Alfredo’s cabinet takes office as immediate abolition returns to the agenda
|
| 4 March 1888 |
Brazil
|
History slavery Brasil
|
The paper revisits the Penha do Rio do Peixe murder
|
| 1 March 1888 |
Brazil
|
History slavery Brasil
|
A Redempção reports the murder of abolitionist Joaquim Firmino
|
| 12 February 1888 |
Brazil
|
History slavery Brasil
|
Serra Negra “freedom” resolution requires continued service
|
| 29 January 1888 |
Brazil
|
History slavery Brasil
|
Abolitionist writing rejects the criminalization of escape
|
| 5 January 1888 |
Brazil
|
History slavery Brasil
|
The newspaper presents mass flight as breaking slaveholder control
|
| 25 October 1887 |
Brazil
|
History slavery Brasil
|
The Clube Militar asks that soldiers not hunt people escaping slavery
|
| 28 September 1887 |
Brazil
|
History slavery Brasil
|
José do Patrocínio launches the newspaper Cidade do Rio
|
| 18 September 1887 |
Brazil
|
History slavery Brasil
|
Satire attacks slave catchers and illegal re-enslavement
|
| 28 August 1887 |
Brazil
|
History slavery Brasil
|
A Caifaz letter celebrates resistance to a fugitive catcher
|
| 15 May 1887 |
Brazil
|
History slavery Brasil
|
A manumission report reveals unequal terms of freedom
|
| 4 April 1887 |
Brazil
|
History slavery Brasil
|
A Cupim list traces twenty-seven escapees from thirteen plantations
|
| 3 April 1887 |
Brazil
|
History slavery Brasil
|
The paper records Rita’s unconditional manumission
|
| 24 March 1887 |
Brazil
|
History slavery Brasil
|
A freedom register records 56 manumissions tied to future service
|
| 13 March 1887 |
Brazil
|
History slavery Brasil
|
Abolitionist reporting describes forced Sunday labor and restraint
|
| 17 February 1887 |
Brazil
|
History slavery Brasil
|
A legal argument contests the enslavement of Africans
|
| 3 February 1887 |
Brazil
|
History slavery Brasil
|
Crônica Negra exposes plantation violence
|
| 23 January 1887 |
Brazil
|
History slavery Brasil
|
Abolitionist print links freedom to political rupture
|
| 20 January 1887 |
Brazil
|
History slavery Brasil
|
A Redempção expands its public naming of slave-catching
|
| 13 January 1887 |
Brazil
|
History slavery Brasil
|
A freedom register records three manumissions
|
| 9 January 1887 |
Brazil
|
History slavery Brasil
|
The paper names people who hunted fugitives
|
| 8 January 1887 |
Brazil
|
History slavery Brasil
|
Newspaper reports racialized policing on the Jundiaí railway
|
| 2 January 1887 |
Brazil
|
History slavery Brasil
|
A Redempção opens its columns to fugitive resistance
|
| 15 October 1886 |
Brazil
|
History slavery Brasil
|
The Empire abolishes judicial sentences of flogging for enslaved defendants
|
| 7 October 1886 |
Cuba
|
International history trans-atlantic slavery
|
Cuba ends legal slavery
|
| 1 November 1885 |
Brazil
|
History slavery Brasil
|
Clube do Cupim formally dissolves under pressure
|
| 28 September 1885 |
Brazil
|
History slavery Brasil
|
The Sexagenarian Law offers conditional freedom to some older people
|
| 30 August 1885 |
Brazil
|
History slavery Brasil
|
A planned escape uses cargo as cover for a passage north
|
| 20 June 1885 |
Brazil
|
History slavery Brasil
|
Joaquim Nabuco brings two freedom letters to Ave Libertas
|
| 17 June 1885 |
Bonaire
|
History slavery Dutch Antilles
|
Steba Rijna and Elisabeth Goeloe marry
|
| 25 March 1885 |
Brazil
|
History slavery Brasil
|
Ave Libertas leads a public anniversary celebration and freedom campaign
|
| 26 February 1885 |
Germany
|
International history trans-atlantic slavery
|
Berlin General Act invokes suppression of slavery while advancing colonial control
|
| 5 December 1884 |
Brazil
|
History slavery Brasil
|
Clube do Cupim records enslaved people financing escape passages
|
| 15 November 1884 |
Germany
|
International history trans-atlantic slavery
|
Berlin Conference opens amid European competition for Africa
|
| 30 October 1884 |
Unknown
|
History slavery Trinidad
|
Colonial forces fire on the Hosay procession in San Fernando
|
| 8 October 1884 |
Brazil
|
History slavery Brasil
|
A secret Recife group begins organizing escape routes
|
| 26 September 1884 |
Suriname
|
History slavery Suriname
|
Janey Tetary is killed during the repression at Zorg en Hoop
|
| 24 September 1884 |
Suriname
|
History slavery Suriname
|
Zorg en Hoop workers protest heavy tasks and low pay
|
| 8 September 1884 |
Brazil
|
History slavery Brasil
|
Ave Libertas celebrates its new headquarters and delivers twenty freedom letters
|
| 7 September 1884 |
Brazil
|
History slavery Brasil
|
Porto Alegre publicly celebrates municipal emancipation
|
| 13 July 1884 |
Brazil
|
History slavery Brasil
|
A second Ave Libertas benefit frees three women
|
| 10 July 1884 |
Brazil
|
History slavery Brasil
|
Amazonas declares the province free of slavery
|
| 20 June 1884 |
Brazil
|
History slavery Brasil
|
Ave Libertas stages a benefit and secures freedom for Epiphania and Joaquina
|
| 19 May 1884 |
Jamaica
|
History slavery Jamaica
|
A limited elected element returns to Jamaica’s Legislative Council
|
| 20 April 1884 |
Brazil
|
History slavery Brasil
|
Women in Recife found the abolitionist society Ave Libertas
|
| 25 March 1884 |
Brazil
|
History slavery Brasil
|
Ceará abolishes slavery within the province
|
| 30 September 1883 |
Brazil
|
History slavery Brasil
|
Mossoró proclaims abolition within its municipality
|
| 9 May 1883 |
Brazil
|
History slavery Brasil
|
The Abolitionist Confederation links societies across the Empire
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| 1 January 1883 |
Brazil
|
History slavery Brasil
|
Acarape’s remaining enslaved residents receive freedom documents
|
| 30 January 1881 |
Brazil
|
History slavery Brasil
|
Fortaleza jangadeiros refuse to transport enslaved people for sale
|
| 23 January 1881 |
Brazil
|
History slavery Brasil
|
São Paulo taxes the entry of enslaved people into the province
|
| 1 January 1881 |
Brazil
|
History slavery Brasil
|
O Libertador gives Ceará’s antislavery movement a newspaper
|
| 8 December 1880 |
Brazil
|
History slavery Brasil
|
The Sociedade Cearense Libertadora is inaugurated
|
| 1 November 1880 |
Brazil
|
History slavery Brasil
|
The newspaper O Abolicionista begins publication
|
| 22 September 1880 |
Bonaire
|
History slavery Dutch Antilles
|
Thomasa Doloria Goeloe is born in Rincon
|
| 7 September 1880 |
Brazil
|
History slavery Brasil
|
A Brazilian anti-slavery society is founded in Rio de Janeiro
|
| 10 July 1880 |
Brazil
|
History slavery Brasil
|
Gazeta da Tarde begins a Black-led abolitionist press campaign
|
| 13 February 1880 |
Cuba
|
International history trans-atlantic slavery
|
Spain establishes a patronato system in Cuba
|
| 5 March 1879 |
Brazil
|
History slavery Brasil
|
Jerônimo Sodré brings immediate abolition back into parliamentary debate
|
| 11 February 1877 |
French Guiana
|
History slavery French Guyana
|
Berryer brings the final Indian indenture convoy
|
| 8 April 1874 |
Suriname
|
History slavery Suriname
|
Howrah arrives as recruitment continues
|
| 25 November 1873 |
Suriname
|
History slavery Suriname
|
Calcutta brings the fifth recorded 1873 arrival
|
| 8 November 1873 |
Suriname
|
History slavery Suriname
|
Mangalore arrives during the first year of contract migration
|
| 25 August 1873 |
Suriname
|
History slavery Suriname
|
Yorkshire arrival expands recruitment from British India
|
| 8 July 1873 |
Suriname
|
History slavery Suriname
|
The Bengal arrives with another contract cohort
|
| 1 July 1873 |
Suriname
|
History slavery Suriname
|
Ten-year state supervision over emancipated people ends
|
| 5 June 1873 |
Suriname
|
History slavery Suriname
|
Lalla Rookh brings the first large Hindostani contract-worker group
|
| 5 June 1873 |
Suriname
|
History slavery Suriname
|
First British Indian contract workers arrive in Suriname
|
| 14 May 1873 |
Brazil
|
History slavery Brasil
|
São Paulo restricts licenses for some occupations by enslaved workers
|
| 28 April 1873 |
Bonaire
|
History slavery Dutch Antilles
|
Carolus Poulus Goeloe is born
|
| 22 March 1873 |
Puerto Rico
|
International history trans-atlantic slavery
|
Spain abolishes slavery in Puerto Rico
|
| 26 February 1873 |
Suriname
|
History slavery Suriname
|
Lalla Rookh departs Calcutta with contracted workers
|
| 4 December 1872 |
Bonaire
|
History slavery Dutch Antilles
|
Leander Goeloe marries Marsera Martha Jacobina
|
| 29 September 1872 |
Guyana
|
History slavery Guyana
|
Devonshire Castle workers strike over wages, hours and deductions
|
| 1 August 1872 |
Brazil
|
History slavery Brasil
|
Brazil begins its first national census
|
| 10 February 1872 |
Suriname
|
History slavery Suriname
|
The Netherlands and Britain ratify the migration agreement
|
| 10 February 1872 |
Suriname
|
History slavery Suriname
|
Agreement for British Indian recruitment is ratified
|
| 1 December 1871 |
Brazil
|
History slavery Brasil
|
A new registration decree governs enslaved people and freeborn children
|
| 28 September 1871 |
Brazil
|
History slavery Brasil
|
The Free Womb Law declares future-born children free under conditions
|
| 28 September 1871 |
Brazil
|
International history trans-atlantic slavery
|
Brazil adopts the Rio Branco Law on children born to enslaved women
|
| 15 September 1871 |
Brazil
|
History slavery Brasil
|
The Senate continues debate before the Free Womb Law
|
| 14 September 1871 |
Brazil
|
History slavery Brasil
|
The Senate debates the proposal’s protections and limits
|
| 11 September 1871 |
Brazil
|
History slavery Brasil
|
The Senate takes up the emancipation question
|
| 26 August 1871 |
Brazil
|
History slavery Brasil
|
A deputy calculates how long the proposed system would preserve bondage
|
| 22 August 1871 |
Brazil
|
History slavery Brasil
|
The Chamber returns to the future promised by free birth
|
| 9 August 1871 |
Brazil
|
History slavery Brasil
|
Perdigão Malheiro questions the slow emancipation design
|
| 7 August 1871 |
Brazil
|
History slavery Brasil
|
The Chamber debates who would control freeborn children
|
| 31 July 1871 |
Brazil
|
History slavery Brasil
|
Rio Branco argues for the proposed emancipation framework
|
| 21 July 1871 |
Brazil
|
History slavery Brasil
|
The Chamber continues debate over children’s status and service
|
| 18 July 1871 |
Brazil
|
History slavery Brasil
|
Deputies debate maternal claims under the free-birth proposal
|
| 14 July 1871 |
Brazil
|
History slavery Brasil
|
Rio Branco defends state control of the emancipation timetable
|
| 13 July 1871 |
Brazil
|
History slavery Brasil
|
The agriculture minister links emancipation to provincial funds
|
| 12 July 1871 |
Brazil
|
History slavery Brasil
|
Perdigão Malheiro challenges the government’s emancipation proposal
|
| 11 July 1871 |
Brazil
|
History slavery Brasil
|
The Chamber examines the terms and timetable of emancipation
|
| 30 June 1871 |
Brazil
|
History slavery Brasil
|
A Senate committee reports on the gradual emancipation bill
|
| 24 May 1871 |
Brazil
|
History slavery Brasil
|
A second Chamber session continues the free-birth proposal
|
| 23 May 1871 |
Brazil
|
History slavery Brasil
|
The Chamber opens a new phase of debate on free birth
|
| 12 May 1871 |
Brazil
|
History slavery Brasil
|
The government presents a gradual emancipation bill
|
| 8 September 1870 |
Suriname
|
History slavery Suriname
|
Dutch-British agreement sets terms for Indian contract migration
|
| 4 July 1870 |
Cuba,
Puerto Rico,
Spain
|
International history trans-atlantic slavery
|
Spain enacts the Moret Law for gradual emancipation
|
| 14 May 1870 |
Brazil
|
History slavery Brasil
|
Teixeira Júnior challenges ministerial silence on emancipation
|
| 3 February 1870 |
United States
|
International history trans-atlantic slavery
|
Fifteenth Amendment prohibits race-based denial of voting rights
|
| 15 September 1869 |
Brazil
|
History slavery Brasil
|
The Empire bars public auctions and display of enslaved people
|
| 3 August 1869 |
Guyana
|
History slavery Guyana
|
Leonora workers resist wage deductions and harsh plantation conditions
|
| 15 June 1869 |
Puerto Rico
|
International history trans-atlantic slavery
|
Spanish Cortes debates gradual emancipation for Puerto Rico
|
| 9 July 1868 |
United States
|
International history trans-atlantic slavery
|
Fourteenth Amendment establishes birthright citizenship
|
| 7 May 1868 |
Brazil
|
History slavery Brasil
|
The Council of State advances a controlled emancipation plan
|
| 30 April 1868 |
Brazil
|
History slavery Brasil
|
The Council weighs freedom at birth against slaveholder property claims
|
| 23 April 1868 |
Brazil
|
History slavery Brasil
|
Council members debate the legal rupture of “partus sequitur ventrem”
|
| 16 April 1868 |
Brazil
|
History slavery Brasil
|
Council of State begins reviewing an emancipation draft
|
| 28 November 1867 |
Jamaica
|
History slavery Jamaica
|
A new Jamaica Constabulary Force takes shape after Morant Bay
|
| 18 July 1867 |
Brazil
|
History slavery Brasil
|
An enslaved witness is questioned after the Viana uprising
|
| 10 July 1867 |
Brazil
|
History slavery Brasil
|
Viana insurgents write that they seek freedom for enslaved people
|
| 6 November 1866 |
Brazil
|
History slavery Brasil
|
A decree frees state-owned enslaved men designated for army service
|
| 18 June 1866 |
Jamaica
|
History slavery Jamaica
|
Colonial Secretary Cardwell condemns aspects of the Morant Bay repression
|
| 11 June 1866 |
Jamaica
|
History slavery Jamaica
|
An Order in Council establishes Jamaica’s Crown Colony constitution
|
| 9 April 1866 |
Jamaica
|
History slavery Jamaica
|
The Royal Commission reports excessive punishment and insufficient proof against Gordon
|
| 9 April 1866 |
United States
|
International history trans-atlantic slavery
|
US Congress enacts the Civil Rights Act of 1866
|
| 23 March 1866 |
Jamaica
|
History slavery Jamaica
|
The Jamaica Act authorizes constitutional change under imperial authority
|
| 23 January 1866 |
Jamaica
|
History slavery Jamaica
|
The Royal Commission begins investigating Morant Bay and its suppression
|
| 10 December 1865 |
French Guiana
|
History slavery French Guyana
|
Duguay-Trouin convoy reaches Cayenne
|
| 6 December 1865 |
United States
|
International history trans-atlantic slavery
|
Thirteenth Amendment abolishes slavery in the United States
|
| 13 November 1865 |
Jamaica
|
History slavery Jamaica
|
Martial law ends after the Morant Bay crackdown
|
| 24 October 1865 |
Jamaica
|
History slavery Jamaica
|
Colonial authorities execute Paul Bogle
|
| 23 October 1865 |
Jamaica
|
History slavery Jamaica
|
Colonial authorities execute George William Gordon
|
| 21 October 1865 |
Jamaica
|
History slavery Jamaica
|
George William Gordon is sentenced to death by court-martial
|
| 13 October 1865 |
Jamaica
|
History slavery Jamaica
|
Governor Eyre declares martial law across most of Surrey County
|
| 11 October 1865 |
Jamaica
|
History slavery Jamaica
|
Black Jamaicans march on Morant Bay courthouse
|
| 11 October 1865 |
Jamaica
|
International history trans-atlantic slavery
|
Morant Bay rebellion challenges colonial rule in Jamaica
|
| 7 October 1865 |
Jamaica
|
History slavery Jamaica
|
A court protest in Morant Bay foreshadows the October uprising
|
| 19 September 1865 |
Cuba
|
Slave voyages
|
The slave ship Gato arrived with enslaved Africans in Cuba. About 152 people had been taken aboard and approximately 145 arrived.
|
| 19 June 1865 |
United States
|
International history trans-atlantic slavery
|
Union forces announce emancipation in Texas
|
| 31 January 1865 |
United States
|
International history trans-atlantic slavery
|
US House approves the Thirteenth Amendment
|
| 7 January 1865 |
Brazil
|
History slavery Brasil
|
The Empire creates the Voluntários da Pátria corps
|
| 1 December 1864 |
French Guiana
|
History slavery French Guyana
|
Nicolas-Poussin convoy reaches French Guiana
|
| 24 November 1864 |
Cuba
|
Slave voyages
|
The slave ship Cicerón began acquiring enslaved Africans for transportation to Cuba.
|
| 26 October 1864 |
Cuba
|
Slave voyages
|
The slave ship Cicerón departed on a transatlantic slave-trading voyage that would carry enslaved Africans to Cuba.
|
| 24 September 1864 |
Brazil
|
History slavery Brasil
|
A decree emancipates surviving emancipados
|
| 5 July 1864 |
Netherlands,
Sint Maarten
|
History slavery Dutch Antilles
|
Dutch law raises Sint Maarten owner compensation
|
| 5 May 1864 |
Cuba
|
Slave voyages
|
The slave ship Guadalquivir arrived with enslaved Africans in Cuba. About 601 people had been taken aboard and approximately 477 arrived.
|
| 19 April 1864 |
Cuba
|
Slave voyages
|
The slave ship Isabel arrived with enslaved Africans in Cuba. About 750 people had been taken aboard and approximately 625 arrived.
|
| 8 April 1864 |
United States
|
International history trans-atlantic slavery
|
US Senate passes the Thirteenth Amendment
|
| 8 February 1864 |
Cuba
|
Slave voyages
|
The slave ship Pondichery arrived with enslaved Africans in Cuba. About 673 people had been taken aboard and approximately 659 arrived.
|
| 6 February 1864 |
Cuba
|
Slave voyages
|
The slave ship Polaca arrived with enslaved Africans in Cuba. About 488 people had been taken aboard and approximately 465 arrived.
|
| 4 November 1863 |
Cuba
|
Slave voyages
|
The slave ship Cicerón (a) City of Norwich arrived with enslaved Africans in Cuba. About 1109 people had been taken aboard and approximately 960 arrived.
|
| 25 August 1863 |
Suriname
|
Suriname slave register
|
Death registration for Julij
|
| 18 August 1863 |
Suriname
|
Suriname slave register
|
Death registration for Sallij
|
| 8 August 1863 |
Suriname
|
Suriname slave register
|
Death registration for Philippina
|
| 8 August 1863 |
Suriname
|
Suriname slave register
|
Death registration for Napoleon
|
| 8 August 1863 |
Suriname
|
Suriname slave register
|
Death registration for Albertina
|
| 8 August 1863 |
Suriname
|
Suriname slave register
|
Death registration for Eduard
|
| 7 August 1863 |
Suriname
|
Suriname slave register
|
Death registration for Frederika
|
| 7 August 1863 |
Suriname
|
Suriname slave register
|
Death registration for Delia
|
| 7 August 1863 |
Suriname
|
Suriname slave register
|
Death registration for Philip
|
| 7 August 1863 |
Suriname
|
Suriname slave register
|
Death registration for Hermanus
|
| 7 August 1863 |
Suriname
|
Suriname slave register
|
Death registration for Laurens
|
| 7 August 1863 |
Suriname
|
Suriname slave register
|
Death registration for Louisiana
|
| 7 August 1863 |
Suriname
|
Suriname slave register
|
Death registration for Fortuna
|
| 7 August 1863 |
Suriname
|
Suriname slave register
|
Death registration for Johannis
|
| 7 August 1863 |
Suriname
|
Suriname slave register
|
Death registration for Floris
|
| 4 August 1863 |
Suriname
|
Suriname slave register
|
Death registration for Abigail
|
| 30 July 1863 |
Suriname
|
Suriname slave register
|
Removal following illness registration for Andresa
|
| 30 July 1863 |
Suriname
|
Suriname slave register
|
Removal following illness registration for Cornelis
|
| 30 July 1863 |
Suriname
|
Suriname slave register
|
Death registration for Gertruida
|
| 30 July 1863 |
Suriname
|
Suriname slave register
|
Death registration for Bernard
|
| 30 July 1863 |
Suriname
|
Suriname slave register
|
Death registration for Fortuin
|
| 30 July 1863 |
Suriname
|
Suriname slave register
|
Death registration for Azor
|
| 30 July 1863 |
Suriname
|
Suriname slave register
|
Death registration for Caesar
|
| 30 July 1863 |
Suriname
|
Suriname slave register
|
Death registration for George
|
| 30 July 1863 |
Suriname
|
Suriname slave register
|
Death registration for Pieta
|
| 30 July 1863 |
Suriname
|
Suriname slave register
|
Death registration for Calesta
|
| 30 July 1863 |
Suriname
|
Suriname slave register
|
Death registration for Maandag
|
| 30 July 1863 |
Suriname
|
Suriname slave register
|
Death registration for Mingo
|
| 30 July 1863 |
Suriname
|
Suriname slave register
|
Death registration for Welcom
|
| 30 July 1863 |
Suriname
|
Suriname slave register
|
Death registration for Hendrik
|
| 30 July 1863 |
Suriname
|
Suriname slave register
|
Death registration for Pieter
|
| 30 July 1863 |
Suriname
|
Suriname slave register
|
Death registration for Alexander
|
| 30 July 1863 |
Suriname
|
Suriname slave register
|
Death registration for Afrika
|
| 30 July 1863 |
Suriname
|
Suriname slave register
|
Death registration for Amerika
|
| 30 July 1863 |
Suriname
|
Suriname slave register
|
Death registration for Present
|
| 30 July 1863 |
Suriname
|
Suriname slave register
|
Death registration for Jan Plezier
|
| 30 July 1863 |
Suriname
|
Suriname slave register
|
Death registration for Gerrit
|
| 30 July 1863 |
Suriname
|
Suriname slave register
|
Death registration for Hendrik
|
| 30 July 1863 |
Suriname
|
Suriname slave register
|
Death registration for Thom
|
| 30 July 1863 |
Suriname
|
Suriname slave register
|
Death registration for Josephina
|
| 30 July 1863 |
Suriname
|
Suriname slave register
|
Death registration for Hermina
|
| 30 July 1863 |
Suriname
|
Suriname slave register
|
Death registration for Julius
|
| 30 July 1863 |
Suriname
|
Suriname slave register
|
Death registration for Lena
|
| 29 July 1863 |
Suriname
|
Suriname slave register
|
Death registration for Bristol
|
| 29 July 1863 |
Suriname
|
Suriname slave register
|
Death registration for Bowling
|
| 29 July 1863 |
Suriname
|
Suriname slave register
|
Death registration for Kaatje
|
| 29 July 1863 |
Suriname
|
Suriname slave register
|
Death registration for Serafina I
|
| 29 July 1863 |
Suriname
|
Suriname slave register
|
Death registration for Elisabeth/Kleine
|
| 28 July 1863 |
Suriname
|
Suriname slave register
|
Death registration for Evaline
|
| 28 July 1863 |
Suriname
|
Suriname slave register
|
Death registration for Othello
|
| 28 July 1863 |
Suriname
|
Suriname slave register
|
Death registration for Johnij
|
| 28 July 1863 |
Suriname
|
Suriname slave register
|
Death registration for Stedman
|
| 28 July 1863 |
Suriname
|
Suriname slave register
|
Death registration for Wee Wee
|
| 28 July 1863 |
Suriname
|
Suriname slave register
|
Death registration for Emeline
|
| 28 July 1863 |
Suriname
|
Suriname slave register
|
Death registration for Ritta
|
| 28 July 1863 |
Suriname
|
Suriname slave register
|
Death registration for Mamsel
|
| 28 July 1863 |
Suriname
|
Suriname slave register
|
Death registration for Carolina Jacoba
|
| 28 July 1863 |
Suriname
|
Suriname slave register
|
Death registration for Princes
|
| 27 July 1863 |
Suriname
|
Suriname slave register
|
Death registration for Duncan
|
| 27 July 1863 |
Suriname
|
Suriname slave register
|
Death registration for Saramacca
|
| 26 July 1863 |
Suriname
|
Suriname slave register
|
Death registration for Januarij
|
| 24 July 1863 |
Suriname
|
Suriname slave register
|
Death registration for Kettij
|
| 24 July 1863 |
Suriname
|
Suriname slave register
|
Death registration for Francois
|
| 21 July 1863 |
Suriname
|
Suriname slave register
|
Removal following illness registration for Jacob
|
| 21 July 1863 |
Suriname
|
Suriname slave register
|
Removal following illness registration for Klaas
|
| 21 July 1863 |
Suriname
|
Suriname slave register
|
Removal following illness registration for Thomas
|
| 21 July 1863 |
Suriname
|
Suriname slave register
|
Removal following illness registration for Olivia
|
| 21 July 1863 |
Suriname
|
Suriname slave register
|
Removal following illness registration for Pieter
|
| 21 July 1863 |
Suriname
|
Suriname slave register
|
Death registration for Jetta
|
| 21 July 1863 |
Suriname
|
Suriname slave register
|
Death registration for Andries
|
| 21 July 1863 |
Suriname
|
Suriname slave register
|
Death registration for Helena
|
| 21 July 1863 |
Suriname
|
Suriname slave register
|
Death registration for Mimie
|
| 21 July 1863 |
Suriname
|
Suriname slave register
|
Death registration for Monkie
|
| 21 July 1863 |
Suriname
|
Suriname slave register
|
Death registration for Anna
|
| 21 July 1863 |
Suriname
|
Suriname slave register
|
Death registration for Premier
|
| 18 July 1863 |
Suriname
|
Suriname slave register
|
Death registration for Adjussie
|
| 16 July 1863 |
Curacao
|
History slavery Dutch Antilles
|
Another labor contract follows
|
| 14 July 1863 |
Suriname
|
Suriname slave register
|
Death registration for Rosina
|
| 14 July 1863 |
Suriname
|
Suriname slave register
|
Death registration for Neptunus
|
| 14 July 1863 |
Suriname
|
Suriname slave register
|
Death registration for Jansje
|
| 14 July 1863 |
Suriname
|
Suriname slave register
|
Death registration for Jeannette
|
| 14 July 1863 |
Suriname
|
Suriname slave register
|
Death registration for Francina
|
| 14 July 1863 |
Suriname
|
Suriname slave register
|
Death registration for Olnaij
|
| 14 July 1863 |
Suriname
|
Suriname slave register
|
Death registration for Floortje
|
| 14 July 1863 |
Suriname
|
Suriname slave register
|
Death registration for Lucas
|
| 14 July 1863 |
Suriname
|
Suriname slave register
|
Death registration for Johannis
|
| 14 July 1863 |
Suriname
|
Suriname slave register
|
Death registration for Petronella
|
| 14 July 1863 |
Suriname
|
Suriname slave register
|
Death registration for La Fleur
|
| 14 July 1863 |
Suriname
|
Suriname slave register
|
Death registration for Cornette
|
| 14 July 1863 |
Suriname
|
Suriname slave register
|
Death registration for Adolf
|
| 14 July 1863 |
Suriname
|
Suriname slave register
|
Death registration for Georgtina
|
| 11 July 1863 |
Suriname
|
Suriname slave register
|
Death registration for Maatje
|
| 11 July 1863 |
Suriname
|
Suriname slave register
|
Death registration for Alonzo
|
| 11 July 1863 |
Suriname
|
Suriname slave register
|
Death registration for Trobie
|
| 11 July 1863 |
Suriname
|
Suriname slave register
|
Death registration for Betje
|
| 11 July 1863 |
Suriname
|
Suriname slave register
|
Death registration for Apollo
|
| 11 July 1863 |
Suriname
|
Suriname slave register
|
Death registration for Jack
|
| 10 July 1863 |
Curacao
|
History slavery Dutch Antilles
|
Lighter-sailor contract signed
|
| 10 July 1863 |
Suriname
|
Suriname slave register
|
Sale or transfer registration for Favoriet
|
| 10 July 1863 |
Suriname
|
Suriname slave register
|
Death registration for Madrina
|
| 10 July 1863 |
Suriname
|
Suriname slave register
|
Death registration for Josephine
|
| 10 July 1863 |
Suriname
|
Suriname slave register
|
Death registration for Jeannette
|
| 10 July 1863 |
Suriname
|
Suriname slave register
|
Death registration for Kea
|
| 10 July 1863 |
Suriname
|
Suriname slave register
|
Death registration for Flora
|
| 10 July 1863 |
Suriname
|
Suriname slave register
|
Death registration for August
|
| 10 July 1863 |
Suriname
|
Suriname slave register
|
Death registration for Martha Antoinette
|
| 10 July 1863 |
Suriname
|
Suriname slave register
|
Death registration for Abuis
|
| 10 July 1863 |
Suriname
|
Suriname slave register
|
Death registration for Marianna
|
| 9 July 1863 |
Unknown
|
History slavery Dutch Antilles
|
First recorded July labor contract for Venezuela
|
| 8 July 1863 |
Suriname
|
Suriname slave register
|
Death registration for Michael
|
| 8 July 1863 |
Suriname
|
Suriname slave register
|
Death registration for William Tell
|
| 8 July 1863 |
Suriname
|
Suriname slave register
|
Death registration for 2 people
|
| 8 July 1863 |
Suriname
|
Suriname slave register
|
Death registration for Theodorus
|
| 8 July 1863 |
Suriname
|
Suriname slave register
|
Death registration for Robijn
|
| 8 July 1863 |
Suriname
|
Suriname slave register
|
Death registration for Louis
|
| 8 July 1863 |
Suriname
|
Suriname slave register
|
Death registration for Wimpje
|
| 8 July 1863 |
Suriname
|
Suriname slave register
|
Death registration for Margaretha
|
| 8 July 1863 |
Suriname
|
Suriname slave register
|
Death registration for Claartje
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| 8 July 1863 |
Suriname
|
Suriname slave register
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Death registration for Eduard Philip
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| 8 July 1863 |
Suriname
|
Suriname slave register
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Death registration for Betje
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| 8 July 1863 |
Suriname
|
Suriname slave register
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Death registration for Onverwacht
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| 8 July 1863 |
Suriname
|
Suriname slave register
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Death registration for Louis
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| 3 July 1863 |
Grenada
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History slavery Grenada
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A colonial dispatch reports deaths aboard the Barbara Campbell
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| 3 July 1863 |
Suriname
|
Suriname slave register
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Death registration for Juliette
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| 3 July 1863 |
Suriname
|
Suriname slave register
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Death registration for Finette
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| 2 July 1863 |
Unknown
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History slavery Dutch Antilles
|
Work resumes under unequal terms
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| 1 July 1863 |
Aruba
|
History slavery Dutch Antilles
|
Emancipation register records Regina Jacomina Kransen
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| 1 July 1863 |
Netherlands,
Sint Maarten
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History slavery Dutch Antilles
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Kruijthoff estate claim excludes three people as absent
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| 1 July 1863 |
Sint Maarten
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History slavery Dutch Antilles
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Rebecca Arrindell’s register group is marked absent and unpaid
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| 1 July 1863 |
Sint Maarten
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History slavery Dutch Antilles
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John de Gall’s claim leaves one person uncompensated
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| 1 July 1863 |
Sint Maarten
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History slavery Dutch Antilles
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Ann Mary Carty’s borderel lists ten enslaved people
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| 1 July 1863 |
Sint Maarten
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History slavery Dutch Antilles
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Legal emancipation takes effect in Dutch Sint Maarten
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| 1 July 1863 |
Aruba
|
History slavery Dutch Antilles
|
Emancipation register records Theophil Ignacio Kwarts
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| 1 July 1863 |
Aruba
|
History slavery Dutch Antilles
|
Emancipation register records Martillia Serdefilliao Kwarts
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| 1 July 1863 |
Bonaire
|
History slavery Dutch Antilles
|
Emancipation gives Leander the surname Goeloe
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| 1 July 1863 |
Bonaire
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History slavery Dutch Antilles
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Emancipation gives Steba the surname Rijna
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| 1 July 1863 |
Aruba
|
History slavery Dutch Antilles
|
Emancipation register records Maria Inees Ridderstaat
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| 1 July 1863 |
Aruba
|
History slavery Dutch Antilles
|
Emancipation register records Hermina Ridderstaat
|
| 1 July 1863 |
Aruba
|
History slavery Dutch Antilles
|
Emancipation register records George Sloot
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| 1 July 1863 |
Aruba
|
History slavery Dutch Antilles
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Emancipation register records Utalis (Bremer)
|
| 1 July 1863 |
Aruba
|
History slavery Dutch Antilles
|
Emancipation register records Rusina Paskel
|
| 1 July 1863 |
Aruba
|
History slavery Dutch Antilles
|
Emancipation register records Joseph Maria (Bremer)
|
| 1 July 1863 |
Aruba
|
History slavery Dutch Antilles
|
Emancipation register records Dorothea Ignees (Bremer)
|
| 1 July 1863 |
Unknown
|
History slavery Dutch Antilles
|
Legal emancipation takes effect
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| 1 July 1863 |
Aruba
|
History slavery Dutch Antilles
|
Emancipation register records Bernadino Deceno (Bremer)
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| 1 July 1863 |
Bonaire
|
History slavery Dutch Antilles
|
Jannetje’s maternal family name becomes part of the post-emancipation record
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| 1 July 1863 |
Suriname
|
History slavery Suriname
|
Slavery is formally abolished in Suriname
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| 1 July 1863 |
Suriname
|
International history trans-atlantic slavery
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Slavery is abolished by law in Dutch colonies in the Caribbean and Suriname
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| 1 July 1863 |
Suriname
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Suriname slave register
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Sale or transfer registration for 2 people
|
| 1 July 1863 |
Suriname
|
Suriname slave register
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Sale or transfer registration for Marius
|
| 1 July 1863 |
Suriname
|
Suriname slave register
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Sale or transfer registration for Verwonder
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| 1 July 1863 |
Suriname
|
Suriname slave register
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Sale or transfer registration for Pasop
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| 1 July 1863 |
Suriname
|
Suriname slave register
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Sale or transfer registration for Frederik
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| 1 July 1863 |
Suriname
|
Suriname slave register
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Sale or transfer registration for 3 people
|
| 1 July 1863 |
Suriname
|
Suriname slave register
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Sale or transfer registration for 6 people
|
| 1 July 1863 |
Suriname
|
Suriname slave register
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Sale or transfer registration for 9 people
|
| 1 July 1863 |
Suriname
|
Suriname slave register
|
Sale or transfer registration for 3 people
|
| 1 July 1863 |
Suriname
|
Suriname slave register
|
Sale or transfer registration for Laurence Johanna
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| 1 July 1863 |
Suriname
|
Suriname slave register
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Sale or transfer registration for 13 people
|
| 1 July 1863 |
Suriname
|
Suriname slave register
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Sale or transfer registration for 15 people
|
| 1 July 1863 |
Suriname
|
Suriname slave register
|
Sale or transfer registration for Klein Kettij
|
| 1 July 1863 |
Suriname
|
Suriname slave register
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Sale or transfer registration for 13 people
|
| 1 July 1863 |
Suriname
|
Suriname slave register
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Sale or transfer registration for Jacobus
|
| 1 July 1863 |
Suriname
|
Suriname slave register
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Sale or transfer registration for 15 people
|
| 1 July 1863 |
Suriname
|
Suriname slave register
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Sale or transfer registration for 5 people
|
| 1 July 1863 |
Suriname
|
Suriname slave register
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Sale or transfer registration for 2 people
|
| 1 July 1863 |
Suriname
|
Suriname slave register
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Sale or transfer registration for Fannij
|
| 1 July 1863 |
Suriname
|
Suriname slave register
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Sale or transfer registration for Karo
|
| 1 July 1863 |
Suriname
|
Suriname slave register
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Sale or transfer registration for 4 people
|
| 1 July 1863 |
Suriname
|
Suriname slave register
|
Sale or transfer registration for Doortje
|
| 1 July 1863 |
Suriname
|
Suriname slave register
|
Sale or transfer registration for Adolf
|
| 1 July 1863 |
Suriname
|
Suriname slave register
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Sale or transfer registration for Julius
|
| 1 July 1863 |
Suriname
|
Suriname slave register
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Sale or transfer registration for 5 people
|
| 1 July 1863 |
Suriname
|
Suriname slave register
|
Sale or transfer registration for Frederik
|
| 1 July 1863 |
Suriname
|
Suriname slave register
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Sale or transfer registration for 2 people
|
| 1 July 1863 |
Suriname
|
Suriname slave register
|
Sale or transfer registration for Uno
|
| 1 July 1863 |
Suriname
|
Suriname slave register
|
Sale or transfer registration for 10 people
|
| 1 July 1863 |
Suriname
|
Suriname slave register
|
Sale or transfer registration for 9 people
|
| 1 July 1863 |
Suriname
|
Suriname slave register
|
Sale or transfer registration for 5 people
|
| 1 July 1863 |
Suriname
|
Suriname slave register
|
Sale or transfer registration for Constantie
|
| 1 July 1863 |
Suriname
|
Suriname slave register
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Sale or transfer registration for Maart
|
| 1 July 1863 |
Suriname
|
Suriname slave register
|
Sale or transfer registration for 13 people
|
| 1 July 1863 |
Suriname
|
Suriname slave register
|
Manumission registration for Geluk
|
| 1 July 1863 |
Suriname
|
Suriname slave register
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Death registration for Winst
|
| 1 July 1863 |
Suriname
|
Suriname slave register
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Death registration for Pauwlina
|
| 30 June 1863 |
Suriname
|
Suriname slave register
|
Death registration for Jinnij
|
| 30 June 1863 |
Suriname
|
Suriname slave register
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Death registration for Georgina
|
| 30 June 1863 |
Suriname
|
Suriname slave register
|
Death registration for Smart
|
| 30 June 1863 |
Suriname
|
Suriname slave register
|
Death registration for Paul
|
| 29 June 1863 |
Suriname
|
Suriname slave register
|
Manumission registration for Amerentie
|
| 29 June 1863 |
Suriname
|
Suriname slave register
|
Manumission registration for Johnson
|
| 29 June 1863 |
Suriname
|
Suriname slave register
|
Manumission registration for Alexander
|
| 29 June 1863 |
Suriname
|
Suriname slave register
|
Manumission registration for Martina
|
| 29 June 1863 |
Suriname
|
Suriname slave register
|
Manumission registration for Antoinetta
|
| 29 June 1863 |
Suriname
|
Suriname slave register
|
Manumission registration for Juliaan
|
| 29 June 1863 |
Suriname
|
Suriname slave register
|
Manumission registration for Philip
|
| 29 June 1863 |
Suriname
|
Suriname slave register
|
Manumission registration for Mattheus
|
| 29 June 1863 |
Suriname
|
Suriname slave register
|
Manumission registration for Julius
|
| 29 June 1863 |
Suriname
|
Suriname slave register
|
Manumission registration for Antje
|
| 29 June 1863 |
Suriname
|
Suriname slave register
|
Manumission registration for Meintje
|
| 29 June 1863 |
Suriname
|
Suriname slave register
|
Manumission registration for Anna
|
| 29 June 1863 |
Suriname
|
Suriname slave register
|
Manumission registration for Santje
|
| 29 June 1863 |
Suriname
|
Suriname slave register
|
Manumission registration for Paulina
|
| 29 June 1863 |
Suriname
|
Suriname slave register
|
Manumission registration for Frederik
|
| 26 June 1863 |
Suriname
|
Suriname slave register
|
Death registration for Merrij
|
| 24 June 1863 |
Suriname
|
Suriname slave register
|
Manumission registration for Olijmphia
|
| 24 June 1863 |
Suriname
|
Suriname slave register
|
Manumission registration for Lodewijk
|
| 19 June 1863 |
Suriname
|
Suriname slave register
|
Manumission registration for Henrij
|
| 19 June 1863 |
Suriname
|
Suriname slave register
|
Manumission registration for Kea
|
| 19 June 1863 |
Suriname
|
Suriname slave register
|
Manumission registration for Willem Jacobus
|
| 19 June 1863 |
Suriname
|
Suriname slave register
|
Manumission registration for Cornelis
|
| 19 June 1863 |
Suriname
|
Suriname slave register
|
Manumission registration for Willem
|
| 19 June 1863 |
Suriname
|
Suriname slave register
|
Manumission registration for Maagje
|
| 19 June 1863 |
Suriname
|
Suriname slave register
|
Manumission registration for Acoeba of Brandina
|
| 19 June 1863 |
Suriname
|
Suriname slave register
|
Manumission registration for Carolina
|
| 19 June 1863 |
Suriname
|
Suriname slave register
|
Manumission registration for Charlotte
|
| 19 June 1863 |
Suriname
|
Suriname slave register
|
Manumission registration for Gaston
|
| 19 June 1863 |
Suriname
|
Suriname slave register
|
Manumission registration for Martha
|
| 19 June 1863 |
Suriname
|
Suriname slave register
|
Manumission registration for Christiaan
|
| 19 June 1863 |
Suriname
|
Suriname slave register
|
Manumission registration for Sophie
|
| 19 June 1863 |
Suriname
|
Suriname slave register
|
Manumission registration for Johannes
|
| 19 June 1863 |
Suriname
|
Suriname slave register
|
Manumission registration for Franciscus
|
| 19 June 1863 |
Suriname
|
Suriname slave register
|
Manumission registration for Apolonia
|
| 19 June 1863 |
Suriname
|
Suriname slave register
|
Manumission registration for Albert
|
| 19 June 1863 |
Suriname
|
Suriname slave register
|
Manumission registration for L'Esperance
|
| 19 June 1863 |
Suriname
|
Suriname slave register
|
Manumission registration for 2 people
|
| 19 June 1863 |
Suriname
|
Suriname slave register
|
Manumission registration for Marie
|
| 18 June 1863 |
Suriname
|
Suriname slave register
|
Death registration for Charles
|
| 18 June 1863 |
Suriname
|
Suriname slave register
|
Death registration for Julius
|
| 18 June 1863 |
Suriname
|
Suriname slave register
|
Death registration for Rebecca
|
| 18 June 1863 |
Suriname
|
Suriname slave register
|
Death registration for Frances
|
| 18 June 1863 |
Suriname
|
Suriname slave register
|
Death registration for Februarij
|
| 18 June 1863 |
Suriname
|
Suriname slave register
|
Death registration for Jacquelina
|
| 18 June 1863 |
Suriname
|
Suriname slave register
|
Death registration for Patrocles
|
| 18 June 1863 |
Suriname
|
Suriname slave register
|
Death registration for Josephina
|
| 18 June 1863 |
Suriname
|
Suriname slave register
|
Death registration for Jan
|
| 16 June 1863 |
Suriname
|
Suriname slave register
|
Death registration for Henriette
|
| 16 June 1863 |
Suriname
|
Suriname slave register
|
Death registration for Regina
|
| 16 June 1863 |
Suriname
|
Suriname slave register
|
Death registration for Rinio groote
|
| 14 June 1863 |
Suriname
|
Suriname slave register
|
Death registration for Eva
|
| 12 June 1863 |
Suriname
|
Suriname slave register
|
Death registration for Gerrit
|
| 11 June 1863 |
Suriname
|
Suriname slave register
|
Death registration for Banessia
|
| 11 June 1863 |
Suriname
|
Suriname slave register
|
Death registration for Anthoinetta
|
| 11 June 1863 |
Suriname
|
Suriname slave register
|
Death registration for Leander
|
| 11 June 1863 |
Suriname
|
Suriname slave register
|
Death registration for John
|
| 11 June 1863 |
Suriname
|
Suriname slave register
|
Death registration for Princesse 1e
|
| 11 June 1863 |
Suriname
|
Suriname slave register
|
Death registration for Romulus
|
| 11 June 1863 |
Suriname
|
Suriname slave register
|
Death registration for Generaal
|
| 11 June 1863 |
Suriname
|
Suriname slave register
|
Death registration for Cato
|
| 11 June 1863 |
Suriname
|
Suriname slave register
|
Death registration for Tina
|
| 11 June 1863 |
Suriname
|
Suriname slave register
|
Death registration for November
|
| 11 June 1863 |
Suriname
|
Suriname slave register
|
Death registration for Nieuwjaar
|
| 11 June 1863 |
Suriname
|
Suriname slave register
|
Death registration for Cornelis Johannis
|
| 9 June 1863 |
Cuba
|
Slave voyages
|
A slave ship arrived with enslaved Africans in Cuba. About 941 people had been taken aboard and approximately 800 arrived.
|
| 8 June 1863 |
Suriname
|
Suriname slave register
|
Death registration for Jan
|
| 6 June 1863 |
Suriname
|
Suriname slave register
|
Death registration for August
|
| 6 June 1863 |
Suriname
|
Suriname slave register
|
Death registration for Lea
|
| 6 June 1863 |
Suriname
|
Suriname slave register
|
Death registration for Floortje
|
| 6 June 1863 |
Suriname
|
Suriname slave register
|
Death registration for Dorothea
|
| 5 June 1863 |
Suriname
|
Suriname slave register
|
Death registration for Julius
|
| 5 June 1863 |
Suriname
|
Suriname slave register
|
Death registration for Lijsje
|
| 5 June 1863 |
Suriname
|
Suriname slave register
|
Death registration for Sophietje
|
| 5 June 1863 |
Suriname
|
Suriname slave register
|
Death registration for Jakoba
|
| 5 June 1863 |
Suriname
|
Suriname slave register
|
Death registration for Philida
|
| 5 June 1863 |
Suriname
|
Suriname slave register
|
Death registration for Apropos
|
| 5 June 1863 |
Suriname
|
Suriname slave register
|
Death registration for Pieter
|
| 5 June 1863 |
Suriname
|
Suriname slave register
|
Death registration for Edelina
|
| 5 June 1863 |
Suriname
|
Suriname slave register
|
Death registration for Spadille
|
| 5 June 1863 |
Suriname
|
Suriname slave register
|
Death registration for Johannes
|
| 5 June 1863 |
Suriname
|
Suriname slave register
|
Death registration for Alida
|
| 5 June 1863 |
Suriname
|
Suriname slave register
|
Death registration for Olimphia
|
| 3 June 1863 |
Suriname
|
Suriname slave register
|
Death registration for Koffij
|
| 3 June 1863 |
Suriname
|
Suriname slave register
|
Death registration for Augustus
|
| 3 June 1863 |
Suriname
|
Suriname slave register
|
Death registration for Rosa
|
| 3 June 1863 |
Suriname
|
Suriname slave register
|
Death registration for Henriette
|
| 3 June 1863 |
Suriname
|
Suriname slave register
|
Death registration for Genlis
|
| 3 June 1863 |
Suriname
|
Suriname slave register
|
Death registration for Grietje
|
| 3 June 1863 |
Suriname
|
Suriname slave register
|
Death registration for Truitje
|
| 2 June 1863 |
Suriname
|
Suriname slave register
|
Death registration for Louisa
|
| 2 June 1863 |
Suriname
|
Suriname slave register
|
Death registration for Tina
|
| 29 May 1863 |
Suriname
|
Suriname slave register
|
Death registration for Marianna
|
| 29 May 1863 |
Suriname
|
Suriname slave register
|
Death registration for Margaretha
|
| 29 May 1863 |
Suriname
|
Suriname slave register
|
Death registration for Annatje
|
| 28 May 1863 |
Suriname
|
Suriname slave register
|
Death registration for Frits
|
| 28 May 1863 |
Suriname
|
Suriname slave register
|
Death registration for Pollux
|
| 28 May 1863 |
Suriname
|
Suriname slave register
|
Death registration for Cornelia
|
| 27 May 1863 |
Suriname
|
Suriname slave register
|
Manumission registration for Geertruida
|
| 27 May 1863 |
Suriname
|
Suriname slave register
|
Death registration for Charleij
|
| 27 May 1863 |
Suriname
|
Suriname slave register
|
Death registration for Sophia
|
| 27 May 1863 |
Suriname
|
Suriname slave register
|
Death registration for Philip
|
| 27 May 1863 |
Suriname
|
Suriname slave register
|
Death registration for Anne
|
| 27 May 1863 |
Suriname
|
Suriname slave register
|
Death registration for Achilles
|
| 27 May 1863 |
Suriname
|
Suriname slave register
|
Death registration for Eliza
|
| 27 May 1863 |
Suriname
|
Suriname slave register
|
Death registration for Patientie
|
| 26 May 1863 |
Suriname
|
Suriname slave register
|
Death registration for Leentje
|
| 26 May 1863 |
Suriname
|
Suriname slave register
|
Death registration for Martinus
|
| 26 May 1863 |
Suriname
|
Suriname slave register
|
Death registration for Francina
|
| 26 May 1863 |
Suriname
|
Suriname slave register
|
Death registration for Karolina
|
| 26 May 1863 |
Suriname
|
Suriname slave register
|
Death registration for Merie
|
| 26 May 1863 |
Suriname
|
Suriname slave register
|
Death registration for Elisabeth
|
| 26 May 1863 |
Suriname
|
Suriname slave register
|
Death registration for Kaatje
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