Creation
The dataset was created as part of the project Resilient Diversity: the Governance of Racial and Religious Plurality in the Dutch Empire,
1600-1800, coordinated by Catia Antunes, Ulbe Bosma, Karwan Fatah-Black and Matthias van Rossum, and hosted at the Leiden University and
International Institute of Social History (2017-2022). The project was funded by the Dutch Research Council (NWO). Data for Cochin, Surinam and
Cape Town was added by external projects and collaborators.
Contributors
The data was gathered by the following contributors:
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Resilient Diversity research staff: Alexander Geelen Elisabeth Heijmans Rafaël Thiebaut Bas Rensen Sophie Rose Matthias van Rossum (coordination) Hanna te Velde
Additional contributions from external project – Cochin criminal cases: |
Additional contributions from external project – Suriname cases:
Additional contributions from external project – Cape Town cases:
Website development: |
To cite the database:
Imran Canfijn, Alexander Geelen, Elisabeth Heijmans, Bram van den Hout, Ramona Negrón, Bas Rensen, Stefan Reyes, Sophie Rose, Matthias van Rossum,
Rafaël Thiebaut, Merve Tosun, Hanna te Velde, Early Modern Dutch Colonial Court Records, 1637-1828, version 1.2.1,
International Institute of Social History and Leiden University (Amsterdam 2025).
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The data is also deposited and accessible at IISH Dataverse: https://datasets.iisg.amsterdam/dataverse/resilient-diversity.
