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Banda Massacre
- When
- 1621
- Where
- Banda Islands
Dutch forces under Coen massacred 2,800 Bandanese and enslaved 1,700 to secure nutmeg monopoly.
The final stage of the conquest involved the forcible taking of islands like Lonthor. Dutch soldiers perpetrated wanton acts of destruction, killing 2,800 inhabitants and enslaving 1,700. The islands were subsequently repopulated with slaves from the Dutch East Indies, India, and China to work under Dutch planters.
Sources
- Jan Pieterszoon Coen Wikipedia, revision of 2026-07-15
- Dutch conquest of the Banda Islands Wikipedia, revision of 2026-08-29
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