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==Immigration into Suriname== | ==Immigration into Suriname== | ||
<ref>"Suriname", in Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suriname, accessed August 2021.</ref> | *Europeans arrived in the 16th century, with the '''Dutch''' establishing control over much of the country's current territory by the late 17th century. During the Dutch colonial period, Suriname was a lucrative source of sugar, its plantation economy driven by '''African slave labor''' and, after abolition of slavery in 1863, '''indentured servants from Asia'''. | ||
*In 1954, Suriname became one of the constituent countries of the '''Kingdom of the Netherlands'''. On 25 November 1975, Suriname left the Kingdom to become an independent state, but continues to maintain close economic, diplomatic, and cultural ties.<ref>"Suriname", in Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suriname, accessed August 2021.</ref> | |||
==Emigration From Suriname== | ==Emigration From Suriname== | ||
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