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Surinam (Dutch colony)
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Surinam (Dutch colony)
Surinam
was a
Dutch
plantation colony
in
the Guianas
, neighboured by the equally Dutch colony of
Berbice
to the west, and the French colony of
Cayenne
to the east. Surinam was a Dutch colony from 26 February 1667, when Dutch forces captured
Francis Willoughby
's
English
colony during the
Second Anglo-Dutch War
, until 15 December 1954, when
Suriname
became a
constituent country
of the
Kingdom of the Netherlands
. The status quo of Dutch sovereignty over Surinam, and English sovereignty over
New Netherland
, which it had conquered in 1664, was kept in the
Treaty of Breda
of 31 July 1667, and again confirmed in the
Treaty of Westminster
of 1674.
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