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The island of Curacao is located just 20 miles off the coast of Venezuela and its first inhabitants were the indigenous Arawaks. This group had migrated from South America approximately 6,000 years before even European explorers arrived. When Spanish settlers arrived on the island in 1499, they immediately enslaved the Arawaks. In 1515, many other Indians were transported by the Spanish to the island of Hispaniola (what is now Haiti and the Dominican Republic) to be used as slaves there as well. <\/span><\/p>\n In addition to this indigenous group, in the 17th century, Sephardic Jews<\/strong> fleeing the Inquisition in Spain and Portugal also arrived in Curacao. This Jewish population became the largest and oldest in the western hemisphere, and in Curacao they founded the famous synagogue<\/strong> Mikve Israel-Emmanuel<\/strong><\/a>which is the oldest synagogue in America and is located in Punda<\/strong>.<\/p>\n In 1634, the Dutch West India<\/strong> Company took over the island and established the capital of Willemstad next to the harbor. After winning the battle against the Portuguese for the fort of Elmina on the coast of Ghana (West Africa) in 1636, the Dutch became the world’s largest supplier of enslaved Africans. The captives worked in the salt mines and plantations of Cura\u00e7ao while the colonial power of the island changed hands again and again: Holland, Great Britain and France throughout the 18th and 19th centuries. The influence of all these nations is reflected in the island’s cuisine, music and language. During this time, the local dialect of Papiamento developed with a mixture of Spanish, Dutch, African, Portuguese and French words.<\/span><\/p>\n In 1815, the Treaty of Paris granted the Dutch West India Company final control of Cura\u00e7ao. Slavery was abolished in 1863 and the economy focused on oil refining with the opening of the Royal Dutch Shell<\/strong> Refinery on the former site of the slave market in 1918. Cura\u00e7ao became an autonomous country within the Kingdom of the Netherlands in 2010. That is why October 10 is celebrated on 10-10-10 as Independence Day. <\/span><\/p>\n Today, the island stands out for its surprisingly diverse culture, a reflection of its complex history. If you want to learn more about the history of Curacao and want to do it by yourself, here are my recommendations on the places you can’t miss:<\/p>\n<\/div>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_code _builder_version=”4.22.2″ _module_preset=”default” module_alignment=”center” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n
Summary of the history of Curacao<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n