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Slavery and Resistance in Curaçao, the Rebellion of 1795 |
 History is about people; it gives our present a special meaning and contributes to our identity as a nation. It takes us back to learn from past experiences in order to better deal with today’s problems. One noteworthy part of our recent history is the Transatlantic Slave Trade which led to a massive and forced relocation of people from Africa to the American Continent.
The history of slavery in Curaçao, and in particular the rebellion led by Tula and his companions in 1795, forms an essential part of our common heritage and also of the emancipation process of our people. This part of the history of the enslaved people received some recognition for the first time in the year 1963, when one of the great politicians of modern Curaçao, dr. Moises F. da Costa Gomez, inaugurated a memorial stone pillar. This pillar was erected at Rif, the site where the heads of Tula and Carpata were displayed on stakes. This single act of inauguration ended a long period of silence about the revolt of the enslaved.
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Slavery, as a social institution, is defined by law and custom as the most absolute involuntary form of human servitude. The definitive characteristics of slaves are as follows:
- their labor or services are obtained through force;
- their physical beings are regarded as the property of another person,
- their owner; and
- they are entirely subject to their owner's will.
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Artículo sobre José Leonardo Chirino.
