Category: General
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Coolies: ‘A Sad History of Suffering and Injustice’
Coolies: ‘A Sad History of Suffering and Injustice’, W. Dharmowijono. Van koelies, klontongs en kapiteins : het beeld van de Chinezen in Indisch-Nederlands literair proza 1880-1950 Preface A „coolie‟ is explained in the Dictionary der Nederlandsche Taal as a colored worker, used in the East and West Indies for all kinds of services, especially for…
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Ong Lie and Sherry
The tobacco harvest was in. The last bundles, after being dried in the drying barns on the plant ways, were taken to the fermentation shed, where the entire crop of millions of tobacco leaves, after undergoing the fermentation process, was to be sorted by color and length of the leaves. The field coolies, who had planted, cared…
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Doctor Care
The central hospital at Tebing Tinggi was blazing in the morning sun, which at that early hour was already spreading heat as on a hot Dutch summer day. The extensive lawns surrounding the building complex were completely withered by the prolonged drought, and the crotons in the beds let their leathery, variegated leaves hang limply. The trees…
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Boss of Boss
The tuans had once again had one of their own fads, but this time it was not the planters who caused quite a stir, but the tuan kareta-api, the Deli Spoor men. These had started by draining a swamp at the Poeloe Brayan kampong and made a major road through it. Not only was it a useful…
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The Return
His leave was coming to an end. He had fully exploited the six months of vacation granted him after eight years of service in Deli, and had tasted all the pleasures that Europe could offer a single man who dared to live as he pleased. After those eight years of loneliness and tough work ‘in the tobacco’,…
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Deforestation
The Dutch were responsible for large-scale deforestation in Sumatra. East coast of Sumatra was all virgin forests and were cut down for tobacco and rubber plantations for export to Europe.
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Wildlife Hunters
The Dutch and Europeans are well-known wildlife hunters . They are responsible for killing endangered animals in Sumatra.
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White Society
De Witte Sociëteit Medan or The White Society , as the name said, is a White Supremacist club established in Medan. The Dutch White Supremacist club ‘Sociëteit de Witte’ was founded in September 1879. A provisional accommodation was built in 1882. A new building was built in 1887 at Esplanade, next to the post office. The Club…
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Planter
Overdruk uit DE PLANTER No. 553 30 April 1934 van Hel Tweede Hoofdstuk (tweede deel) der historische samenvatting omtrent het vijf en twintig – Jarig bestaan der V.v. A. I. D. VAKVEREENIGING VOOR ASSISTENTEN IN DEU DE GESCHIEDENIS VAN DE ASSISTENTENREGELING • „Ik houd er aan vast, dat voor de Assistentenregeling ter…
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