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1
October
1716

The colonial government orders eighty Minase people detained

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๐Ÿ“… 1 October 1716 ๐Ÿ“

After receiving warning, Governor Van Beuningen ordered all 80 Minase people held in custody in a guarded warehouse across the harbor. This was collective punishment based on an origin category, not only an arrest of identified participants. The source gives no day; month-level placeholder.

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People in this event

80 enslaved people labeled Minase

Jonathan van Beuningen

Organizations in this Event

Curaรงao colonial government

WIC