A letter from the Governor to the Minister of Colonies granted the Bataafsche Petroleum Maatschappij permission to build three piers at Schottegat if a refinery were built at Asiento. The decision linked industrial development to a site with a history of plantation slavery and reshaped the island’s labor market.
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Which statement best describes the 1963 centennial?
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The archive records the monument unveiling on 1 July 1963 and notes the modest scale.
The emancipation monument on the Rif was unveiled on 1 July 1963.
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The National Archives places the unveiling at the centennial commemoration.