Exploring Dutch Heritage Through Research 

Exploring Dutch Heritage Through Research 

Slavery: Labor

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Translation from Gehring, Council Minutes, Volume V, 1652-1654, doc. 17, pgs. 11-12 [Monday the 12th of February 1652 at Fort Amsterdam, present the director-general, La Montagne and...

Translation from Van Laer, Register of the Provincial Secretary, Volume II, 1642-1647, doc. 111b, pgs. 223-224 This day, date underwritten, before me, Cornelis van Tienhoven, secretary of...

Translation from Van Laer, Van Rensselaer Bowier Manuscripts, pp. 137-153
Image: Title page of the “Freedoms and Exemptions,” published in 1630.

WHAT WAS NEW NETHERLAND?


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For over three decades, NNI has helped cast light on America's Dutch roots. In 2010, it partnered with the New York State Office of Cultural Education to establish the New Netherland Research Center, with matching funds from the State of the Netherlands. NNI is registered as a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization. Contributions are tax-deductible to the extent permitted by law.