Curaçao

Freedom proclamation, Manor Knip

Proclamation in Papiamentu celebrating the abolition of slavery in Curaçao in July 1863, with the heading “Long Live Holland, the King and Freedom” in Landhuis Knip, a country house dating from the beginning of the 18th century. In 1875 there were still 175 slave huts and five stone buildings that housed 390 people.

Photo by Ludo Kuipers, Wed Feb 17, 2016
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