The Society of Suriname, established in 1683…
1683 CE
The Society of Suriname, established in 1683 as a Dutch private company modeled on the ideas of Jean-Baptiste Colbert to profit from the management and defense of the Dutch Republic's colony, has three participants, with equal shares in the society's responsibilities and profits—the city of Amsterdam, the family of Aerssen van Sommelsdijck, and the Dutch West India Company.
Slavery is the norm in South America.
The native people had proved to be in limited supply and consequently enslaved people from Africa are imported to work on the plantations.
Slavery in Guiana had started with the English and this practice had been continued when the Dutch took over Suriname.
The plantations produce sugar, coffee, cocoa, and cotton for export to the Amsterdam market.