The interesting thing is, Before New York was named such, it was named: New Amsterdam. While intentions seemed right, by offering 300 slaves the possibility to learn trades, Dutch, become members of the reformed church, dress like "civilized people", the point was the Dutch there soon found out slavery did not work.
So, they changed the status of these people. Gave them Ha[a]rlem to inhabit, equal status before the law, could go anywhere they very well pleased. Only one slight difference: they owed taxes to the V.O.C. These people were therefor called: half-free. (think fisci = fiscus)
V.O.C was a corporation. And these people then, lived on the estate of the corporation, owing taxes to the domain. (think eminent domain). This seemed to work pretty well.
1795 created the basis on which this personhood as a dead-entity was introduced in Dutch law, by a french inspired revolution based on equality: so everyone was the same. (think 14th amendment)
However, the Oranges were already at it in 1780. Why? Because the Dutch were broke due to the 4th Anglo-Dutch war brought about by the 1776 Revolutionary war and Dutch support. It may very well be that the beneficum, or the land, was put into a trust, as a basis for financing stuff.
It is amazing how the battle is raging between Roman Law, Frankish Law, and German Law, and that finance is in essence: Roman Law.
The interesting thing is, Before New York was named such, it was named: New Amsterdam. While intentions seemed right, by offering 300 slaves the possibility to learn trades, Dutch, become members of the reformed church, dress like "civilized people", the point was the Dutch there soon found out slavery did not work.
So, they changed the status of these people. Gave them Ha[a]rlem to inhabit, equal status before the law, could go anywhere they very well pleased. Only one slight difference: they owed taxes to the V.O.C. These people were therefor called: half-free. (think fisci = fiscus)
V.O.C was a corporation. And these people then, lived on the estate of the corporation, owing taxes to the domain. (think eminent domain). This seemed to work pretty well.
1795 created the basis on which this personhood as a dead-entity was introduced in Dutch law, by a french inspired revolution based on equality: so everyone was the same. (think 14th amendment)
However, the Oranges were already at it in 1780. Why? Because the Dutch were broke due to the 4th Anglo-Dutch war brought about by the 1776 Revolutionary war and Dutch support. It may very well be that the beneficum, or the land, was put into a trust, as a basis for financing stuff.
It is amazing how the battle is raging between Roman Law, Frankish Law, and German Law, and that finance is in essence: Roman Law.