EVENT INFORMATION

25
Òktober
1858

Abolition proposal centers immigration and plantation labor

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📅 25 Òktober 1858 📍 Sürnam

A proposal to abolish slavery in Suriname was presented to the Dutch parliament on 25 October 1858. Its title linked emancipation to ensuring an adequate supply of immigrant contract workers. This exposes a colonial concern with replacing enslaved labor while maintaining plantations. The proposal did not become the final law, and the delay prolonged slavery.

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Personanan den e suseso aki

Dutch parliamentarians

plantation owners

enslaved Surinamese

Organisashonnan den e Evento aki

States General

colonial government