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Americanisms that Come From the Dutch Colony
Santa Clause, Pancakes, Cookies, Cole Slaw, etc.
Places in New York and the U.S. with Dutch Names
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A Virtual Tour of New Amsterdam
New Amsterdam Article at Wikipedia
New York and Its Origins — Legend and Reality
"Dutch Colonization of the Americas"
Wikipedia
A Brief Outline of the History of New Netherlands
An Essay on the History of Governors Island
Contains Lots of Info on the Dutch Settlement
Basic Dutch Greetings, Good-byes, and Polite Words
Report of Prisoner Abuse by Dutch Troops in Iraq
BBC Article
Americanisms that Come From the Dutch Colony
Santa Clause, Pancakes, Cookies, Cole Slaw, etc.
Places in New York and the U.S. with Dutch Names
Link 1 Link 2 Link 3
A Virtual Tour of New Amsterdam
New Amsterdam Article at Wikipedia
New York and Its Origins — Legend and Reality
"Dutch Colonization of the Americas"
Wikipedia
A Brief Outline of the History of New Netherlands
An Essay on the History of Governors Island
Contains Lots of Info on the Dutch Settlement
Basic Dutch Greetings, Good-byes, and Polite Words
Report of Prisoner Abuse by Dutch Troops in Iraq
BBC Article
This excerpt is from the book Don't Know Much about History: Everything You Need to Know About American History but Never Learned. In it you'll also learn that...
It was a Dutch slave ship that brought the first batch of slaves to the American colonies ( 25 slaves delivered to Jamestown in 1633).
It was the Dutch who in 1663 began the practice of paying a bounty for the scalps of Indians — a policy which would later be copied by many of the British colonies.
It was a Dutch slave ship that brought the first batch of slaves to the American colonies ( 25 slaves delivered to Jamestown in 1633).
It was the Dutch who in 1663 began the practice of paying a bounty for the scalps of Indians — a policy which would later be copied by many of the British colonies.
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Dutch Barbarism
in the New World
in the New World
When we think of nations associated with Colonial-era atrocities, Spain and Britain usually come to mind. But the seemingly benign and often idealized Dutch had their hand in the carnage as well.
Just one year after Rembrandt completed The Night Watch, at the very peak of The Netherlands's famed 17th-century "Golden Era," this is what the Dutch were up to in New Amsterdam...
Just one year after Rembrandt completed The Night Watch, at the very peak of The Netherlands's famed 17th-century "Golden Era," this is what the Dutch were up to in New Amsterdam...
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The Memling Index > a long, obscene, and fascinating list of links
"In 1643, following the murder of a Dutch farmer, the governor of New Amsterdam ordered the massacre of the Wappingers, a friendly tribe that had come to the Dutch seeking shelter....
Eighty Indians were killed in their sleep, decapitated, and their heads displayed on poles in Manhattan....
A Dutch lady kicked the heads down the street....
One captive was castrated, skinned alive, and forced to eat his own flesh [my bolding] as the Dutch governor looked on and laughed."
Eighty Indians were killed in their sleep, decapitated, and their heads displayed on poles in Manhattan....
A Dutch lady kicked the heads down the street....
One captive was castrated, skinned alive, and forced to eat his own flesh [my bolding] as the Dutch governor looked on and laughed."
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