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The Dutch East India Company's Spice Monopoly and the Massacre of the Banda Islands
In 1621, the Dutch East India Company (VOC) committed one of the first genocides of the colonial era on the Banda Islands in eastern Indonesia. This episode dives into the brutal campaign led by Governor-General Jan Pieterszoon Coen, who wanted to secure a monopoly on nutmeg and mace. We discuss how the VOC justified the massacre, the enslavement of the Bandanese survivors, and the replacement of the local population with Dutch planters and slaves from other parts of Asia. The episode also covers the role of the 'perkeniers' (nutmeg plantation owners), the 'hongi' patrol…
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