Company servants from Finland and Africa? Wouldn't they be African and
Finnish? The Swedes acknowledged these ancestries. They didn't refer to them
as Swedes.

-----Original Message-----
From: Museum discussion list [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf
Of Patricia Reynolds
Sent: Thursday, July 28, 2005 7:47 AM
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Subject: Re: countries who colonized North America--add Sweden to the list

And the 'Dutch' were not just people from what is today the Netherlands and
Belgium. Company servants and settlers came from Finland and Africa and
everywhere in-between.  I can dig out the references if folks need them,
but am at work right now, and references are at home....

It can be quite difficult to talk about 'nationality' in a period when
modern European states (such as the Netherlands) were coming into being.

Cheers,

Pat
(Surrey Museums Development Officer - a post that has no connection
whatsoever with my interest in the Low Countries)




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