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Minnebrieven; Over Vrijen-Arbeid in Nederlandsch Indië; Indrukken van den dag cover

Minnebrieven; Over Vrijen-Arbeid in Nederlandsch Indië; Indrukken van den dag

Chapter 17: OVER VRYEN-ARBEID IN NEDERLANDSCH INDIE.
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A varied collection of intimate letters, satirical sketches, and polemical essays that oscillate between personal reflection on affection and domestic hardship and fierce social critique of free-labor policies in the colonies. Writings shift from conversational, often ironic observations of everyday life and human vanity to direct attacks on political hypocrisy and economic injustice, mixing rhetorical fervor, moral urgency, and lyrical passages. The arrangement alternates correspondence, topical commentary, and impressionistic dispatches to illuminate private feeling alongside public wrongs.

OVER VRYEN-ARBEID IN NEDERLANDSCH INDIE.

De bescherming der inlandsche bevolking tegen willekeur, van wien ook, is een der gewichtigste plichten van den Gouverneur-Generaal.

Hy zorgt dat de besturende ambtenaren de daaromtrent bestaande of nader uittevaardigen verordeningen stiptelyk nakomen, en dat den inlanders overal gelegenheid gegeven worde om vryelyk klachten inteleveren.

Art. 55 Indisch Regeerings-reglement


De kwestie over Vryen arbeid is geen kwestie. Besteel den Javaan niet, plunder hem niet, vermoord hem niet... dan zal er over eenigen tyd blyken of hy vrywillig arbeiden wil.

Ik.


THAT is the question!

Shakespeare’s Hamlet.