A later legal tract by Reinier Frederik van Raders addresses the status of enslaved people “on and after” 1 June 1848 in the Dutch part of the island. The date marks the stark legal contrast after French abolition; it is not the tract’s publication date.
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What does the Kruijthoff estate record say about compensation?
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The index records 14 enslaved people, compensation for 11, and three marked absent.