A retrospective encyclopedia reports that a law of 5 July 1864 raised compensation for Sint Maarten slave owners from 30 to 100 guilders per person. The source reports 1,878 people emancipated on the island. This post-emancipation adjustment reveals the state’s continued attention to owners’ claims after freedom had formally begun.
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The entry supplies a broad date range; it does not name people or provide exact dates.
The UNESCO nomination says the Diamond Estate group could only seek freedom after Dutch emancipation in 1863.
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It describes the group crossing into French territory in 1848, fifteen years before Dutch emancipation.