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Bill of exchange ‘Abolition of Slavery’

Ministerie van Koloniën1863

Rijksmuseum

Rijksmuseum
Amsterdam, Netherlands

Slavery was abolished in Suriname and the Dutch Antilles in 1863. Perversely, it was not the people held in slavery who were compensated by the state, but the slave holders. A.D. Charlouis was able to exchange this bill for 300 guilders. However, formerly enslaved people in Suriname were not yet truly free. Everyone between the ages of 15 and 60 had to continue working for another ten years, in return for payment.

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  • Title: Bill of exchange ‘Abolition of Slavery’
  • Creator: Ministerie van Koloniën
  • Date Created: 1863
  • Physical Dimensions: papier
  • Subject Keywords: overzeese geschiedenis, economische geschiedenis, slavernij, Suriname
  • Rights: http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
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