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22
Desèmber
1716

A second letter records the cost of capturing the accused

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📅 22 Desèmber 1716 📍 Kòrsou

A letter dated 22 December 1716 again addressed the uprising. The governor charged the Company 1,300 pesos for the expense of capturing the rebels. The amount makes the administration’s accounting of repression visible; the study also describes the punishments as exceptionally cruel.

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Jonathan van Beuningen

enslaved rebels

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Amsterdam Chamber