Dutch East India Company controversies
Controversies tied to this brand in public sources. A listing is not a finding of fault.
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1623
Amboyna massacre
VOC authorities at Ambon arrested, tried, and executed Englishmen and other defendants accused of conspiring against the Dutch position. The episode became a major English criticism of Dutch conduct in the spice trade.
1621
Violence and depopulation in the Banda Islands
The company's campaign to monopolize nutmeg involved killings, forced removal, enslavement, and the reorganization of local production. It remains one of the clearest examples of the coercive foundations of VOC monopoly power.