Baron’s forces raid Poelwijk plantation

Governor Van Hoogenheim chaired a council that decided to keep negotiations open only to delay while reinforcements were expected. This record exposes the colonial government’s bad faith in talks with...

In a letter to the governor, Coffy stated that planters and directors caused the war by beating and mistreating enslaved people. His account makes the rebellion’s cause explicit: the violence of...

A colonial report recorded Coffy’s death amid internal tensions among insurgent leaders and the government’s military campaign. His death weakened the uprising, but the struggle continued into 1764....

Dutch governor Wilhelm Falk and representatives of the Kingdom of Kandy concluded a treaty after war. The treaty recognized Dutch coastal claims and expanded company control over cinnamon...

A colonial officer reported that the Aluku stronghold at Buku was protected by marshland and a concealed path. The fort’s location and defenses helped Maroon communities withstand VOC-style colonial...

The Battle of Buku formed part of the Boni wars. Dutch forces eventually entered and destroyed the fortified settlement, but the Aluku had used its swamp setting and defenses to resist capture. This...

The Society of Suriname instructed Colonel Fourgeoud to protect the colony from Boni and Baron. The order expanded a militarized campaign against Aluku communities. Colonial authorities recruited free...

A record of an interrogation contains a statement attributed to Boni. The source was created by colonial officials after a person connected to Boni’s community was captured. It offers evidence of...

The Dutch island’s salute to an American vessel became an international incident during the American Revolution. Sint Eustatius was a major commercial entrepôt connecting Caribbean colonies and...

The declaration opened the Fourth Anglo-Dutch War and exposed the vulnerability of Dutch colonial trade and overseas settlements. Britain targeted Dutch shipping and possessions as part of a global...