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8
Ougùstùs
1862

Emancipation law is promulgated in the Netherlands

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📅 8 Ougùstùs 1862 📍 Sürnam

The Dutch emancipation law was promulgated on 8 August 1862, setting 1 July 1863 as the date slavery would formally end. In Suriname, the statute compensated enslavers while freed people received no compensation and were placed under state supervision. The law preserved plantation labor through a controlled transition.

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Dutch legislators

enslaved Surinamese

slaveholders

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States General

Kingdom of the Netherlands