A footnote reports that Governor Jeremias van Collen ordered 3,600 trees cut at Porto Marie against the directors’ instructions. The source gives only a year. This action altered the landscape in which enslaved people lived and tried to move.
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Why does the study treat the Hato depot fire as significant?
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The historian describes the fire as a precursor to the 1716 disturbances, though the exact date is uncertain.