SETTLING NORTH AMERICA 1497 1732
NEW NETHERLANDS
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They were captured and taken from Africa against their will
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They sailed here themselves
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They agreed to work for a certain amount of time, until they could pay off the cost of their trip
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They were always in New Netherland
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Detailed explanation-1: -During the years 1623-26, Dutch plunderers captured 23, 000 slaves from Spanish slave ships. Some of these slaves were sent to New Amsterdam. Dutch slave trading activities were expended in 1637 with the Dutch capture of the Portuguese-controlled slavetrading castle Elmina on the coast of Guinea.”
Detailed explanation-2: -The capture and sale of enslaved Africans Most of the Africans who were enslaved were captured in battles or were kidnapped, though some were sold into slavery for debt or as punishment. The captives were marched to the coast, often enduring long journeys of weeks or even months, shackled to one another.
Detailed explanation-3: -Between 1612 and 1872, the Dutch operated from some 10 fortresses along the Gold Coast (now Ghana), from which slaves were shipped across the Atlantic. The trade declined between 1780 and 1815. The Dutch part in the Atlantic slave trade is estimated at 5-7 percent, or some 550, 000-600, 000 Africans.
Detailed explanation-4: -Most of New Amsterdam’s enslaved population belonged to the Dutch West India Company. The Company used these enslaved men and women to help build New Amsterdam’s fort, develop the colony’s infrastructure, work on the local farms, and protect the early settlements from Native American attacks.
Detailed explanation-5: -Over a period of two centuries, the VOC obtained, traded and used 600, 000 to 1 million slaves, mainly from present-day India, later also from Celebes and Bali in the Dutch East Indies (present-day Indonesia). Slaves were mainly used for infrastructure, building fortifications and in households.