Caribbean colonies of the Dutch West India Company
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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.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Atlantic colonies of the Dutch West India Company | 1 |
| Caribbean colonies of the Dutch West India Company canonical | 1 |
| Dutch Atlantic empire | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Target entity: Caribbean colonies of the Dutch West India Company Context triple: [Heeren XIX, appliesToJurisdiction, Caribbean colonies of the Dutch West India Company]
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New Netherland
New Netherland was a 17th-century Dutch colonial province in North America that encompassed parts of present-day New York, New Jersey, Delaware, and Connecticut.
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Dutch colonial empire
The Dutch colonial empire was a global network of overseas territories and trading posts dominated by the Dutch Republic from the 17th to the 19th centuries, centered on maritime commerce, the Dutch East India Company, and control of key strategic ports and colonies.
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C.
Dutch Brazil
Dutch Brazil was a short-lived 17th-century Dutch colony in northeastern Brazil, centered on Recife, that served as a key hub for the Atlantic sugar and slave trades.
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Dutch West India Company
The Dutch West India Company was a powerful 17th-century chartered company of the Dutch Republic that dominated Atlantic trade, including sugar, slaves, and colonial enterprises in the Americas and West Africa.
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French colony of Saint-Domingue
The French colony of Saint-Domingue was a wealthy Caribbean sugar-producing colony on the western part of Hispaniola that became the site of the Haitian Revolution and ultimately the independent nation of Haiti.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Caribbean colonies of the Dutch West India Company Target entity description: 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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A.
New Netherland
New Netherland was a 17th-century Dutch colonial province in North America that encompassed parts of present-day New York, New Jersey, Delaware, and Connecticut.
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B.
Dutch colonial empire
The Dutch colonial empire was a global network of overseas territories and trading posts dominated by the Dutch Republic from the 17th to the 19th centuries, centered on maritime commerce, the Dutch East India Company, and control of key strategic ports and colonies.
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C.
Dutch Brazil
Dutch Brazil was a short-lived 17th-century Dutch colony in northeastern Brazil, centered on Recife, that served as a key hub for the Atlantic sugar and slave trades.
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D.
Dutch West India Company
The Dutch West India Company was a powerful 17th-century chartered company of the Dutch Republic that dominated Atlantic trade, including sugar, slaves, and colonial enterprises in the Americas and West Africa.
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E.
French colony of Saint-Domingue
The French colony of Saint-Domingue was a wealthy Caribbean sugar-producing colony on the western part of Hispaniola that became the site of the Haitian Revolution and ultimately the independent nation of Haiti.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Dutch colonial possessions
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colonial empire segment ⓘ early modern Caribbean colonies ⓘ |
| administeredBy |
Zeeland chamber directors of the Dutch West India Company
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surface form:
Heeren XIX (Directors of the Dutch West India Company)
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| capitalOfAdministration |
Willemstad
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surface form:
Willemstad (for Curaçao-based administration)
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| continent |
North America
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South America ⓘ |
| controlledBy |
Dutch Republic
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Dutch West India Company ⓘ |
| country | Netherlands ⓘ |
| economicRole |
cacao plantation zone
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coffee plantation zone ⓘ entrepôt for enslaved Africans ⓘ regional trade hub ⓘ sugar plantation zone ⓘ tobacco plantation zone ⓘ |
| endTime | 1791 ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Aruba
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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
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triangular trade ⓘ |
| mainActivity |
Atlantic trade
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plantation agriculture ⓘ re-export trade ⓘ slave trading ⓘ sugar production ⓘ |
| notableColony |
Curaçao as major slave-trading center
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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
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18th century ⓘ |
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Subject: Caribbean colonies of the Dutch West India Company Description of subject: 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.
Referenced by (3)
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