Christianization Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! === Dutch Indonesia, South Africa, Curaçao, New Guinea === The [[Dutch Reformed church]] was not a dominant influence in the Dutch colonies.{{sfn|Oostindie|2008|p=8}} However, the [[Dutch East India Company|Dutch East Indies Trading Company]] was a dominant force; it became a monopoly with government support as a merchant company, a military power, a government, and even an agricultural producer. Dutch imperialism began with a military takeover of the [[Banda Islands|Bandanese island]] of Pulau Ay in 1615, which was followed by more military action, forced relocation (and forced mobilization), slavery, the slave trade which defined people as property like crops, and other forms of coerced labor.{{sfn|van Rossum|2020|p=abstract}}{{sfn|Rogozinski|2000|pp=213-214}} Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page