1740 Batavia massacre
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De Chinezenmoord (literally Chinese Murder) (9 to 11 October 1740) was a massacre of Chinese people of Batavia in the Dutch East Indies ( now Jakarta in Indonesia), in which between 5,000 and 10,000 Chinese people were killed by the European inhabitants of the city.
The cause of this pogrom was the fear in the highest ranks of the Dutch East India Company prevailed for some time that the continuous uprising unemployed Chinese workers on the sugar plantations in the districts of Batavia might spread to large groups of more affluent and better-organized Chinese traders and artisans within the walls of the city.
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- VOC kenniscentrum KITLV
- Paasman, A.N. (Bert): Een klein aardrijkje op zich... (UvA)
- Kong Koan archief: Universiteit Leiden
- Batavia, in deszelfs gelegenheid, opkomst...: J.W. Smit, Amsterdam, 1799