From 1619 on, not long after the first settlement, the need for colonial labor was bolstered ... and fear of rebellion spread. 1619: A Dutch ship brings the first permanent African settlers ...

“Present, but Not Counted: Dutch-Immigrant and Second Generation Midwives Working in Dutch Colonies in the United States, 1840-1940″ is published by Van Raalte Press of the A. C. Van Raalte ...

"It’s a historic moment and we have to realize that,” he said. Slavery was abolished in Suriname and the Dutch colonies in the Caribbean on July 1, 1863, but most of the enslaved labourers ...