Aboard the Dutch naval ship Ceres, Captain Kikkert recorded reports that the rebel force had grown to hundreds and that people were joining. The log shows how colonial officials converted a labor refusal into a military emergency. The surviving account reflects the ship’s command perspective.
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Which person, place, or record is central to the event dated 1795-08-18?
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Aboard the Dutch naval ship Ceres, Captain Kikkert recorded reports that the rebel force had grown to hundreds and that people were joining. The log shows how colonial officials converted a labor refusal into a military emergency. The surviving account reflects the ship’s command perspective.
The event dated 1795-08-18 ended slavery throughout the Dutch Caribbean.
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Slavery in the Dutch Caribbean was not abolished until 1 July 1863.