The governor’s journal records a report from Aruba’s commander that Thico, an enslaved man owned by the state, said he would no longer serve and was free. Authorities sent him in irons to Curaçao. His declaration extends the history of resistance beyond Curaçao’s major revolt and centers an individual Aruban act of refusal.
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Which person, place, or record is central to the event dated 1795-09-16?
The governor’s journal records a report from Aruba’s commander that Thico, an enslaved man owned by the state, said he would no longer serve and was free. Authorities sent him in irons to Curaçao. His declaration extends the history of resistance beyond Curaçao’s major revolt and centers an individual Aruban act of refusal.
The event dated 1795-09-16 ended slavery throughout the Dutch Caribbean.
Slavery in the Dutch Caribbean was not abolished until 1 July 1863.