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Question 1 of 5
📖 Jannetje’s maternal family name becomes part of the post-emancipation record
When did abolition take legal effect across the Dutch Caribbean?
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1 July 1863
B
8 August 1862
C
29 May 1848
D
17 August 1795
Explanation
The law took effect on 1 July 1863 in the Dutch Caribbean colonies.
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Question 2 of 5
📖 Jannetje’s maternal family name becomes part of the post-emancipation record
How should “unlettered” in an owner’s record be read?
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As a description of the enslaved person
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As proof the record is false
C
As a statement that no one could sign
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As an archival description of the named owner, not of the enslaved person
Explanation
The term refers to the owner in that record and should not be transferred to someone else.
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Question 3 of 5
📖 Jannetje’s maternal family name becomes part of the post-emancipation record
Why treat “unemployed” in an entry cautiously?
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It proves the person had no work ever
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It shows the person was a child
C
It means the person was free
D
It is an administrative label and does not explain a person’s circumstances
Explanation
The category should be read as a recorded field, not a complete life description.
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Question 4 of 5
📖 Jannetje’s maternal family name becomes part of the post-emancipation record
Which surname is associated with Fernando Polidor at emancipation?
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Ridderstaat
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Bremer
C
Sierbol
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Quandus
Explanation
The database gives Fernando Polidor the emancipation surname Quandus.
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Question 5 of 5
📖 Jannetje’s maternal family name becomes part of the post-emancipation record
What is the strongest interpretation of the family’s maternal surnames?
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They prove colonial officials tracked every father
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They were assigned by French authorities in 1848
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They helped preserve kinship through the female line where colonial records often obscured fathers
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They indicate the family lived only on Aruba
Explanation
Goeloe and Rijna surnames came from mothers and made some maternal ties visible.
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Question 1 of 6
📖 Jannetje’s maternal family name becomes part of the post-emancipation record
Slavery was abolished by law in the Dutch Caribbean on 1 July 1863.
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True
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False
Explanation
That is the legal emancipation date across the Dutch Caribbean colonies.
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Question 2 of 6
📖 Jannetje’s maternal family name becomes part of the post-emancipation record
The Dutch Caribbean islands had identical experiences of slavery and emancipation.
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True
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False
Explanation
The colony-wide law applied across the islands, but labor systems and local histories varied.
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Question 3 of 6
📖 Jannetje’s maternal family name becomes part of the post-emancipation record
The birth year given in an entry is the date of emancipation.
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True
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False
Explanation
The birth detail and the 1863 emancipation date are separate fields.
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Question 4 of 6
📖 Jannetje’s maternal family name becomes part of the post-emancipation record
An owner address outside Statia proves that the enslaved person moved there.
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True
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False
Explanation
The owner’s address does not establish the person’s location.
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Question 5 of 6
📖 Jannetje’s maternal family name becomes part of the post-emancipation record
The database says Martillia’s name never appeared with spelling variants.
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True
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False
Explanation
The dataset cautions that names were sometimes spelled differently.
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Question 6 of 6
📖 Jannetje’s maternal family name becomes part of the post-emancipation record
Carolus Poulus Goeloe was born on Bonaire on 28 April 1873.
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True
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False
Explanation
The civil birth record gives this date and place.
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