The Dutch secure the island of Java…
1744 CE to 1755 CE
The Dutch secure the island of Java in 1750 and begin to expand their control over Indonesia, by which time the Dutch are shipping more than one hundred tons of opium annually to Indonesia.
More than sixty percent of the population of Batavia in the eighteenth century, are enslaved workers for the VOC; they mostly do the housework.
Working and living conditions are generally reasonable, and there are laws that protect them against an overly cruel action from their masters.
Christian slaves are given freedom after the death of their master.
Some enslaved people are allowed to own a store and make money to free themselves.
Enslaved people sometimes flee and establish gangs roaming the area, creating an unsafe environment around Batavia.
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