In a letter dated 24 October 1716, Governor Van Beuningen told WIC directors that the accused would be punished as an example. This is a direct trace of how colonial power framed public terror as deterrence. The rebels’ voices are absent from the letter as described by the historian.
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What does the 1711 Porto Marie tree-cutting detail add?
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The detail situates forced labor and resistance in a landscape shaped by colonial decisions.
The study presents the market-price records as evidence of commodification.
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People’s prices were recorded as market values in the colonial system.