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    Sailing in Salt Water: Advancing the Dutch Caribbean Reparations Agenda and Establishing an Inter-Island Knowledge and Expertise Network on the Slavery Past and Its Heritage

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    The Interinsular Consultation Symposium was funded by the Dutch Ministry of Internal Affairs and Kingdom Relations and realized with the support of the National Institute for Dutch Slavery History and Legacy (NiNsee). The publication was funded by the University of Aruba

    Slaven zonder plantage. (Kinder-)slavernij en emancipatie op Aruba

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    The first historical study on slavery, emancipation and the heritage of slavery in Aruba, with special attention to the position of slave children

    The Peasant and the Rebel: Indian Aruba in the historical age

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    The Aruban population is proud of its Amerindian cultural legacy, which acts as a 'reinvented tradition' in Aruba's national identity. In this paper, I analyse the myth and facts of this Indian heritage in the colonial age (1636-1795). On one hand, Aruba was a place of refuge to Indian settlers on the almost but forgotten island. Aruba was a safe haven or a reserve to some of the last surviving Indian populations in the Caribbean archipelago. On the other hand, during the 17th and 18th century, Christianization took place and the formation of a unique Caribbean peasant type -'the cunucero'- occurred. The increasing presence and pressure by the Dutch administration resulted in protest and rebellion from the side of the Aruban Indians. During the 19^ century, the Amerindian population assimilated into the colonial society

    Educacion Herencia di Sclavitud 2008 : Docentenhandleiding bij het lesmateriaal over Slavernij

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    Dit schoolboek voor de bovenbouw van het basisonderwijs over slavernij en emancipatie op Aruba is gemaakt door docenten en studenten van het Instituto Pedagogico Arubano in 2008 voor Fundacion Herencia di Sclavitud Aruba naar aanleiding van de tentoonstelling Erfenis van de Slavernij/Herencia di Sclavitud. Bij dit schoolboek is ook een docentenhandleiding beschikbaar
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