About 45,000 people were legally freed. Suriname’s emancipated population remained under state supervision and compulsory labor until 1873. Former owners received compensation; the people whose...
The parties agreed on measures and criteria for Curaçao and Sint Maarten to become countries within the Kingdom. The settlement followed referenda and negotiations, while leaving the distribution of...
The Netherlands Antilles ceased to exist. Curaçao and Sint Maarten became countries within the Kingdom, while Bonaire, Sint Eustatius, and Saba became public bodies within the Netherlands. The...
