02/06/2024
10 Things Descendants of Dutch African Enslaved Peoples, Dutch Descendants of Native Indians and Dutch Descendants of European Mancipators in Aruba need to know about the imaginary Red Slavery phenomenon that the Aruban and Dutch Governments want to impose on us:
1. Native Indians were not legally nor formerly enslaved by Roman-Dutch laws;
2. Native Indians (Indigino) were declared EQUAL to European Colonizors by the Pope of the Catholic Church;
3. Hence WIC Governornor specifically wrote out a decree in the 17th Century stating Native Indians were not to be enslaved on the Dutch Caribbean Islands, including Aruba;
4. Native Indians were a legal party in work negotiations, allowed to negotiate about the work to be done for the Dutch Government and were allowed to refuse any work that was nit agreed upon;
5. Native Indians were allowed to complain judicially about tax and work agreements;
6. Native Indians worked 3 days a week as a form of tax payment, carrying out so called Lordservices.
7. Native Indians were not legally owned as Property of the Dutch King, Jewish Merchants, Catholic or Protestant Merchants and Clercks or deemed as the property of pirates and privateers;
8. There are no records of Native Indians being born in slavery;
9. Forced labor, by law to this day, does not qualify as slavery, because it does not keep you captive, strip you from your identity, humanity and culture nor does it continue in perpetuity from generation upon generation.
10. Killing a Native Indian was considered a criminal act punishable by law.
All the above mentioned rights were not extended to the African Enslaved Peoples. Which is why we have every right to seek legal acknowledgement of Dutch Slavery by law and to have all of our African ancestors declared human and not just one or two 'heroes'. Dutch Slavery must be legally recosnized a Crime against Humanity after the fact, as was done after the fact for the Jews afyer WOII during the Neurenberg Trials!
https://www.ru.nl/en/research/research-news/history-of-slavery-on-aruba-and-st-eustasius-online
Bonus:
Between 1838 and 1863, about 500 enslaved Africans in Aruba BOUGHT their own freedom, which is called manumission.
On July 1st 1863, 80% of the 499 registered enslaved Africans in Aruba were owned by the Croes family.
The 499 emancipated Africans were 20% of the total Aruban population on July 1st 1863.
Fort Zoutman, the Alto Vista Church, the Lighthouse, to name a few, were built by African peoples!
Question:
What happened to the graves of the African enslaved peoples in Aruba? Why do we still have grave yards of the enslavers intact today, but no record of where the African burrial grounds were or are in Aruba?
Written by
Gisele Sint Jago
for
Stichting Beulah
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Island communities such as Aruba and St. Eustasius were hit hard by slavery. This is apparent from the databases that have been published on the websites of Archivo Nacional Aruba (ANA) and the Dutch National Archives in The Hague.
