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The Spice Islands: Nutmeg, Genocide, and the Dutch East India Company
In 1621, the Dutch East India Company (VOC) orchestrated the genocide of nearly the entire population of the Banda Islands, a tiny archipelago in eastern Indonesia, to secure a monopoly on nutmeg and mace. This episode explores the brutal logic of the spice trade, focusing on the VOC's campaign led by Jan Pieterszoon Coen, the forced displacement of the Bandanese, and the importation of enslaved laborers to work the nutmeg plantations. We also delve into the global context: how nutmeg was valued in Europe as a cure for plague, the 1667 Treaty of Breda that traded Run Island for…
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