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12
Yanüari
1819

Colonial proclamation bans slave trading and importation

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📅 12 Yanüari 1819 📍 Sürnam

A proclamation issued in Suriname on 12 January 1819 prohibited fitting out slave ships, participating in the trade, and importing enslaved people into American Dutch possessions. It restricted trafficking but did not free people already enslaved. Enforcement was limited and clandestine importation continued, exposing the gap between imperial law and colonial practice.

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Personanan den e suseso aki

Dutch colonial authorities

enslaved people vulnerable to trafficking

Organisashonnan den e Evento aki

Dutch colonial administration

Suriname