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In 1803, during the Napoleonic Wars, the British imperial government conquered the Dutch colony of Berbice and took over the management of a number of presumed government slaves.
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winkel department, colonial audit, slave amelioration, superannuated persons, commissioners for management, enslaved persons, unprofitable servants, government slaves, free coloureds, urban slaves, cart whip, assistant agent, enslaved people, provision grounds, colonial produce, departmental records, civil establishments
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New Amsterdam, Government House, Van Batenburg, Berbice Association, Colonial Office, Lords Commissioners, British Caribbean, Berbice River, Court of Policy, Lieutenant Governor Beard, Sierra Leone, Council of Government, West Indies, Wolfert Katz, Board of Police, James Stephen, Napoleonic Wars, Charles Kyte, Department of Colonial Audit, House of Commons, British Guiana, Canje River, Court of Criminal Justice, Lieutenant Governor Gordon, New World
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