Berbice

E162239
former colony historical region

Berbice was a former Dutch and later British colony on the northern coast of South America, in what is now part of Guyana.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Berbice canonical 5
Berbice region 1
Santo Tomé de Guayana 1

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf former colony ⓘ
historical region ⓘ
borderedByHistoricalEntity Demerara ⓘ
Suriname ⓘ
capital New Amsterdam ⓘ
coastlineOn Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
colonialAdministrationType governor-led colony ⓘ
colonialLanguage Dutch ⓘ
English ⓘ
colonialPowerTransition from Dutch to British control ⓘ
colonialStatus British colony ⓘ
Dutch colony ⓘ
proprietary colony under the Van Peere family ⓘ
continent South America ⓘ
economyBasedOn plantation agriculture ⓘ
formerColonialPower Dutch Republic ⓘ
Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
formerCurrency Pound sterling ⓘ
surface form: British pound sterling

Dutch guilder ⓘ
formerMetropole Amsterdam ⓘ
historicalEra European colonization of the Americas ⓘ
surface form: Colonial era in the Americas

Early Modern period ⓘ
surface form: Early modern period
indigenousPeoples Arawak ⓘ
Carib ⓘ
legalSystemInfluence Dutch law ⓘ
English common law ⓘ
locatedIn northern coast of South America ⓘ
locatedInPresentDay British Guiana ⓘ
surface form: Guyana
mainCrops coffee ⓘ
cotton ⓘ
sugar ⓘ
namedAfter Berbice River ⓘ
notableEvent Berbice slave uprising of 1763 ⓘ
partOf British Guiana ⓘ
Suriname ⓘ
surface form: Dutch Guiana

Guianas ⓘ
surface form: Guianas region
presentDayCountry British Guiana ⓘ
surface form: Guyana
presentDayRegionIncludes British Guiana ⓘ
surface form: East Berbice-Corentyne

Upper Demerara-Berbice ⓘ
primaryReligionDuringColonialPeriod Christianity ⓘ
regionOf Caribbean colonial sphere ⓘ
revoltLeader Cuffy ⓘ
successorEntity British Guiana ⓘ
British Guiana ⓘ
surface form: Co-operative Republic of Guyana
traversedBy Berbice River ⓘ
usedEnslavedLabor African slaves ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

British Guiana → formedByUnionOf → Berbice ⓘ
Caribbean colonies of the Dutch West India Company → hasPart → Berbice ⓘ
Essequibo → mergedWith → Berbice ⓘ
Berbice River → flowsThrough → Berbice ⓘ
this entity surface form: Berbice region
Berbice River → regionNamedAfter → Berbice ⓘ
Province of Guayana → capital → Berbice ⓘ
this entity surface form: Santo Tomé de Guayana
Guyanese Creole → hasRegion → Berbice ⓘ