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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.
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The aftermath of the 2nd Dutch-Spanish War left the Royal Tussenland Company's troops in a poor state. Unrest and revolts occurred concurrently, and the RTC troops were spread too thin to subdue the rebels effectively. In 1859, the Dutch regular army became involved.
==== Negotiating Dutch passage through the Mississippi ====
On March 10, 1859, the Dutch envoy Piet van de Vegte arrived in Elegasthaven, the capital of [[South Tussenland]], negotiating for the safe passage of Dutch warships through the Mississippi River to reach the rebel-controlled cities. South Tussenland, who had recently won independence against the Dutch four years earlier, refused. Admiral Evert van der Hulst threatened to conduct raids on South Tussenlander cities if the passage was not allowed, but South Tussenland authorities, confident with protection from the Spanish, called their bluff. No Dutch raids ever occurred on South Tussenland, and the Dutch navy never sailed up the Mississippi.
==== Military support from New Netherland, and the Antilles Accords ====
Unable to secure passage through the Mississippi, the Dutch decide to attack and recapture the rebellious colonies over land. Piet van de Vegte arrived in New Netherland on November 5, 1859, to ask for passage and, if possible, military support. The New Netherland government, also suffering huge losses after supporting the Kingdom of the Netherlands during the 2nd Dutch-Spanish War in 1850, was hesitant to involve themselves militarily in subduing the Tussenland revolts. However, van de Vegte secured New Netherland's military involvement after promising the New Netherland government three islands in the Antilles: Aruba, Curacao, and Bonaire, unbeknownst to the Dutch States-General. This deal was known as the Antilles Accords.
== Aftermath ==
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