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New Netherland   /nu nˈɛðərlənd/   Listen
New Netherland

noun
1.
A Dutch colony in North America along the Hudson and lower Delaware rivers although the colony centered in New Amsterdam; annexed by the English in 1664.





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"New Netherland" Quotes from Famous Books



... omitted several provisions that seemed to him important, and when discussion developed their need, he shrewdly introduced them as amendments. Upon one question, however, a prolonged and spirited debate occurred. This centred upon the freedom of conscience. The Dutch of New Netherland, almost alone among the Colonies, had never indulged in fanaticism, and the Constitution, breathing the spirit of their toleration, declared that "the free exercise and enjoyment of religious profession ...
— A Political History of the State of New York, Volumes 1-3 • DeAlva Stanwood Alexander


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