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Up to 1848 the Dutch West Indies were ruled by the king without the interference of the Dutch parliament, a two-chamber representation of the people who, at that time, had the franchise. Hence, the colonies were in reality Crown colonies.
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Goslinga, C.C. (1979). Political Developments in the Dutch West Indies in the Twentieth Century. In: A Short History of the Netherlands Antilles and Surinam. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-9289-4_28
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