The civil register records Thomasa’s birth in Rincon to Leander Goeloe and Mercera Martha Jacobino. The entry documents a family continuing on Bonaire after emancipation.
Inisiá sesion pa gusta òf marká e relato aki.
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Ainda no tin imágen ni vidio pa e suseso aki.
Eventonan Relashoná
Why should the family article’s “father and son” wording be treated carefully?
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Splikashon
The article highlights the letter while also explaining the legal erasure of enslaved fathers.
The colonial archive records the workers’ consent to each inter-island journey.
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Splikashon
The records show movement and official requests but not their own consent.