The battle at Porto Mari ended with twelve insurgents captured and sent to Willemstad. Contemporary accounts and later research describe this as an early military confrontation in which the rebels resisted armed forces rather than accepting a return to enslavement.
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Which person, place, or record is central to the event dated 1795-08-20?
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The battle at Porto Mari ended with twelve insurgents captured and sent to Willemstad. Contemporary accounts and later research describe this as an early military confrontation in which the rebels resisted armed forces rather than accepting a return to enslavement.
The event dated 1795-08-20 ended slavery throughout the Dutch Caribbean.
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Slavery in the Dutch Caribbean was not abolished until 1 July 1863.