A record dated 20 February 1760 documents Boston Band’s role in negotiations with Dutch colonial representatives. Boston, a formerly enslaved man who had become a leader among the Ndyuka, advocated a negotiated settlement and helped communicate between the parties. His literacy and diplomatic work made him a political actor in his own right. The negotiations were marked by distrust and disagreement, and Boston’s surviving letters are known through colonial translations and copies.
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What role did Boston Band play in the February 1760 negotiations?
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Boston Band was a literate Ndyuka leader who helped communicate and negotiate.