Free Blacks and Coloreds and the Administration of Justice in Eighteenth-Century Curaçao
Two case studies show the daily practice of justice regarding free Blacks and Coloreds in Curacao and the functioning of the early modern Dutch legal system pertaining to colonial and slavery-related matters. According to the author, both cases reveal that the application of the law, when free non-W...
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| Language: | English |
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BRILL
2010-07-01
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| Series: | NWIG |
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| Online Access: | http://www.kitlv-journals.nl/index.php/nwig/article/view/7683 |