Caribbean colonies of the Dutch West India Company

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Dutch colonial possessions colonial empire segment early modern Caribbean colonies

The Caribbean colonies of the Dutch West India Company were a network of Dutch-controlled island and coastal territories in the Caribbean and northern South America that served as key hubs for trade, plantation agriculture, and the transatlantic slave trade during the 17th and 18th centuries.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Dutch colonial possessions ⓘ
colonial empire segment ⓘ
early modern Caribbean colonies ⓘ
administeredBy Zeeland chamber directors of the Dutch West India Company ⓘ
surface form: Heeren XIX (Directors of the Dutch West India Company)
capitalOfAdministration Willemstad ⓘ
surface form: Willemstad (for Curaçao-based administration)
continent North America ⓘ
South America ⓘ
controlledBy Dutch Republic ⓘ
Dutch West India Company ⓘ
country Netherlands ⓘ
economicRole cacao plantation zone ⓘ
coffee plantation zone ⓘ
entrepôt for enslaved Africans ⓘ
regional trade hub ⓘ
sugar plantation zone ⓘ
tobacco plantation zone ⓘ
endTime 1791 ⓘ
hasPart Aruba ⓘ
Berbice ⓘ
Bonaire ⓘ
Curaçao ⓘ
Demerara ⓘ
Dutch Brazil ⓘ
surface form: Dutch Brazil (briefly, as a related Atlantic possession)

Dutch Tobago (intermittently) ⓘ
Dutch Tortuga (intermittently) ⓘ
Dutch part of Saint Martin ⓘ
Essequibo ⓘ
Pomeroon ⓘ
Saba ⓘ
Sint Eustatius ⓘ
Sint Maarten ⓘ
Saint Croix ⓘ
surface form: St. Croix (intermittently)

Suriname ⓘ
involvedIn transatlantic slave trade ⓘ
triangular trade ⓘ
mainActivity Atlantic trade ⓘ
plantation agriculture ⓘ
re-export trade ⓘ
slave trading ⓘ
sugar production ⓘ
notableColony Curaçao as major slave-trading center ⓘ
Sint Eustatius as major 18th-century free port ⓘ
partOf Dutch colonial empire ⓘ
politicalStatus chartered company colonies ⓘ
region Caribbean ⓘ
startTime 1621 ⓘ
successor Dutch state colonies after 1791 ⓘ
temporalExtent 17th century ⓘ
18th century ⓘ

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Heeren XIX → appliesToJurisdiction → Caribbean colonies of the Dutch West India Company ⓘ