Tussenland Upheavals: Difference between revisions

The Dutch colony of Meerenland, which was already under siege by Dutch troops after revolting against their Director, offered an alliance with the new Irokesenland state. The governor of Irokesenland accepted.

 

The Suyderlings (English: ''Southerners)'' were a group of wealthy former plantation and slave owners who fled from [[South Tussenland]]'s slave insurrection in the 1850s. In 1850, South Tusssenland formally declared its independence and the majority of African descent took over the reins of government in South Tussenland. As a result, white plantation owners were driven off or killed by their former slaves. Those who managed to escape sought refuge in Daesemus, positive that the Kingdom of the Netherlands would eventually retake South Tussenland and return their plantations. However, after the [[2nd Dutch-Spanish War]] ended in 1855, Spain forced the Kingdom of the Netherlands to recognize the independence of South Tussenland. This upset the plantation owners now in Daesemus. They began demanding the Dutch government compensation for their losses in South Tussenland, and the States-General agreed to their demands. However, the Kingdom of the Netherlands was in economic ruin after the war and was unable to give the Suyderlings the promised reparations.

 

 

== Aftermath ==