The National Archives index entry for the estate of Adolf Tielenius Kruijthoff cites a will dated 30 August 1851. Its appearance in the later compensation record shows how property inheritance shaped the colonial state’s accounting for enslaved people.
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What was the 30 September 1862 address about?
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Its title states that it concerned compensation to slave owners on Sint Maarten.
The Rebecca Arrindell entry describes ten people as absent and unpaid.
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The National Archives entry says all ten were unremunerated because of absenteism.