Banda Islands massacre

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The Banda Islands massacre was a brutal 1621 campaign by the Dutch East India Company to exterminate or expel the indigenous population of the Banda Islands in order to secure a monopoly over the lucrative nutmeg trade.

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instanceOf colonial atrocity ⓘ
massacre ⓘ
war crime ⓘ
hasAftermath establishment of Dutch nutmeg plantations ⓘ
importation of enslaved laborers to Banda plantations ⓘ
long-term demographic change in Banda Islands ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Banda massacre ⓘ
Massacre of the Bandanese ⓘ
hasCause Dutch East India Company spice monopoly policy ⓘ
desire to secure monopoly over nutmeg trade ⓘ
hasCommander Jan Pieterszoon Coen ⓘ
hasCountry Dutch Republic ⓘ
hasDateDetail took place mainly in April 1621 ⓘ
hasEconomicContext global nutmeg trade ⓘ
spice monopoly system ⓘ
hasFollowedBy full VOC administrative control over Banda Islands ⓘ
hasHistoricalContext Dutch–Portuguese competition in the East Indies ⓘ
European colonial expansion in Southeast Asia ⓘ
spice trade rivalry ⓘ
hasLegacy subject of historical debate about colonial genocide ⓘ
symbol of Dutch colonial violence in Indonesia ⓘ
hasLegalStatusInHistoriography considered an act of genocide by some historians ⓘ
hasLocation Banda Islands ⓘ
Dutch East Indies ⓘ
Maluku Islands ⓘ
present-day Indonesia ⓘ
hasMethod deportation ⓘ
destruction of villages ⓘ
enslavement ⓘ
mass killing ⓘ
hasMotive control of nutmeg production ⓘ
economic gain ⓘ
hasNotableFigure Jan Pieterszoon Coen ⓘ
hasPerpetrator Dutch East India Company ⓘ
VOC ⓘ
hasPrecededBy Bandanese resistance to VOC monopoly ⓘ
VOC treaties with Bandanese over nutmeg trade ⓘ
hasResult Dutch control of Banda Islands ⓘ
VOC monopoly on nutmeg from Banda Islands ⓘ
depopulation of Banda Islands ⓘ
near extermination of Bandanese population ⓘ
hasStartTime 1621 ⓘ
hasTarget Bandanese leaders ⓘ
indigenous Bandanese population ⓘ
hasTemporalContext 17th century ⓘ
hasVictimCount thousands of Bandanese killed ⓘ
isPartOf Dutch conquest of the Banda Islands ⓘ
VOC expansion in the Maluku Islands ⓘ

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Jan Pieterszoon Coen → knownFor → Banda Islands massacre ⓘ
Banda Islands massacre → hasAlternativeName → Banda massacre ⓘ
linked to: Banda Islands massacre
Banda Islands massacre → hasAlternativeName → Massacre of the Bandanese ⓘ
linked to: Banda Islands massacre