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History of Curaçao in maps
Curaçao as it appears in 2 interactive history atlases, from 1789 to 2015: Curaçao. Each era below lists who ruled the land and when control changed, linked to the dated map that shows it.
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What was Curaçao before it was Curaçao? Below, every era of this land in the Maps of History atlases — who ruled it, what it was called, and when control changed — each line linked to the dated map that shows it. Modern borders stand in as an honest approximation; every atlas says so on the map itself.
Curaçao · Haiti and Kenya independence
Curaçao, a Dutch island and slave-trading port, saw a revolt in August 1795 led by an enslaved man called Tula, who cited the freedom proclaimed in Saint-Domingue and revolutionary France. The revolt was crushed and Tula executed, but he is remembered on the island as a hero. Slavery in the Dutch Caribbean ended only in 1863.
| Under colonial rule — the opening position |
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Curaçao · Feminism and the Tunisian Revolution
| Authoritarian, one-party or colonial rule — the opening position | |
| Right won in law | |
| No reform yet / outside this story | |
| Partial or unequal; treaty signed only; transition |
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