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Emancipated Afro-Surinamese

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📍 Suriname

Emancipated Afro-Surinamese

Gender: Male

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Slavery is formally abolished in Suriname

📅 1 July 1863

On 1 July 1863, the Dutch law emancipated enslaved people in Suriname. The National Archives estimates roughly 45,000 people were freed across the Dutch Caribbean that day. In Suriname, adults aged...