EVENT INFORMATION

1
Yüli
1863

Legal emancipation takes effect in Dutch Sint Maarten

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📅 1 Yüli 1863 📍 Sint Maarten

Slavery ended by law in the Dutch part of the island on 1 July 1863. UNESCO contrasts this date with French emancipation in 1848. Freedom was won through collective action as well as law; it did not itself redistribute owners’ property or wealth.

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Personanan den e suseso aki

Martilia Haan

Eustacia

Cornelis Tromp

Maria Louisa Mee

Johanna

heirs of Josiah Hill

Adelisa Felip Quandus

Anna Petronilla

Pieter Quant

Organisashonnan den e Evento aki

Private owner

compensation borderel

Owner register

emancipation index

Aruba colonial administration

Aruba emancipation register