Historedia
Group or institution

Former enslaved workers

Events
1
Episodes
3
Years
1863–1873

Every event in Historedia whose sources name Former enslaved workers, with the role they cite and all of that event’s episodes. This is not a biography, and mentions are grouped by name, so two people with the same name can share this page.

Events and episodes

  1. Slavery abolished in Suriname and Curaçao

    1863–1873

    Role: Former enslaved workers who were owed pay for the ten years following 1863, which several plantation owners did not pay

    1. 1863 · CuraçaoEconomic Shift in Curaçao

      The abolition of slavery in Curaçao in 1863 caused vast economic changes and a shift to wage labor.

    2. 1863-1873 · SurinameDebt Evasion in Suriname

      Plantation owners in Suriname failed to pay former enslaved workers for the ten years following 1863.

    3. 1 July 1863 · SurinameAbolition in Suriname

      Slavery was abolished in Suriname in 1863, requiring ten years of minimal pay for former slaves as partial compensation for masters.

Sources

  1. Suriname Wikipedia, revision of 2026-09-26