The first inhabitants probably migrated from Venezuela around 2500 BC
Peter Stuyvesant
Director of the Dutch West India Company's colony of Curaçao from 1642 to 1644.
The Transatlantic slave trade took place from the 16th century through to the beginnings of the 19th century. The vast majority of those enslaved were transported from the west coast of Africa to the New World. Curaçao played an important role in the slave trade because of the Dutch West India Company (WIC).
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