Banda Massacre of 1621

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The Banda Massacre of 1621 was a brutal campaign by the Dutch East India Company to seize control of the lucrative nutmeg trade in the Banda Islands, resulting in the mass killing, enslavement, and displacement of the indigenous population.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf crime against humanity ⓘ
massacre ⓘ
war crime ⓘ
commandedBy Jan Pieterszoon Coen ⓘ
countryAtTime Dutch Republic ⓘ
economicMotivation control of mace trade ⓘ
control of nutmeg production ⓘ
elimination of English and Asian competitors in Banda ⓘ
hasCause Bandanese resistance to Dutch control ⓘ
Dutch attempt to monopolize nutmeg trade ⓘ
VOC enforcement of spice monopoly ⓘ
hasPart enslavement of survivors ⓘ
forced displacement of Bandanese population ⓘ
mass killing of Bandanese people ⓘ
historicalPeriod Age of Exploration ⓘ
European colonial expansion in Southeast Asia ⓘ
locationOfConflict Ai Island ⓘ
Banda Neira ⓘ
Lontor ⓘ
mainPerpetrator Dutch East India Company ⓘ
VOC ⓘ
notableFor extreme violence used to secure spice monopoly ⓘ
large-scale killing relative to small island population ⓘ
role in establishing Dutch dominance in the spice trade ⓘ
opposingForce Bandanese leaders ⓘ
indigenous Bandanese population ⓘ
partOf Dutch expansion in the East Indies ⓘ
Dutch–Bandanese conflicts ⓘ
perpetratorOrganization Dutch East India Company ⓘ
perpetratorState Dutch Republic ⓘ
relatedTo Banda Islands ⓘ
Dutch East India Company ⓘ
Jan Pieterszoon Coen ⓘ
nutmeg trade ⓘ
result Dutch control of Banda Islands ⓘ
consolidation of VOC spice monopoly ⓘ
depopulation of Banda Islands ⓘ
enslavement of Bandanese survivors ⓘ
establishment of Dutch nutmeg plantations ⓘ
importation of enslaved laborers to Banda plantations ⓘ
near extermination of indigenous Bandanese population ⓘ
startTime 1621 ⓘ
tookPlaceIn Banda Islands ⓘ
Dutch East Indies ⓘ
Maluku Islands ⓘ
present-day Indonesia ⓘ
victimGroup Bandanese people ⓘ
indigenous inhabitants of the Banda Islands ⓘ

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Banda Islands → historicalEvent → Banda Massacre of 1621 ⓘ