The governor’s journal records that authorities could not sell Thico, who had been transported from Aruba in chains, and instead ordered him to work as a porter behind the fort. His case exposes the state’s treatment of a person who had openly claimed freedom as property to be sold or assigned labor.
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Which person, place, or record is central to the event dated 1795-12-02?
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The governor’s journal records that authorities could not sell Thico, who had been transported from Aruba in chains, and instead ordered him to work as a porter behind the fort. His case exposes the state’s treatment of a person who had openly claimed freedom as property to be sold or assigned labor.
The event dated 1795-12-02 ended slavery throughout the Dutch Caribbean.
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Slavery in the Dutch Caribbean was not abolished until 1 July 1863.