Place

Harlingen

Stad

This place itself has no direct link to slavery or colonialism. It is on the map because of people who played a role in it; their role is shown with them.

People

13 January 1796
Jacob Casper Metzlar
Published 'De getrouwe slaaf' (The Faithful Slave), a short piece about the mutiny of Chinese sailors on the return ship Java (24-12-1783), in which his wife was murdered. He praises July van Makassar, an enslaved man, who saved his wounded enslaver, Mrs Radermacher, from the attackers.
Involvement: VOC servant