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Javanese migrants aboard Prins Alexander and Prins Willem II

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Javanese migrants aboard Prins Alexander and Prins Willem II

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The first Javanese contract workers arrive in Suriname

📅 9 Ougùstùs 1890

On 9 August 1890, the first recorded Javanese contract workers arrived in Paramaribo aboard the Prins Alexander and Prins Willem II. The experiment placed them at Mariënburg, where they joined an...