The dataset 'Early Modern Dutch Colonial Court Records, 1637-1828' was created as part of the project 'Resilient Diversity: the Governance of Racial and Religious Plurality in the Dutch Empire, 1600-1800', coordinated by Catia Antunes, Ulbe Bosma, Karwan Fatah-Black and Matthias van Rossum, and hosted at the Leiden University and International Institute of Social History (2017-2022). Contributors to the dataset are: Imran Canfijn, Alexander Geelen, Elisabeth Heijmans, Bram van den Hout, Ramona Negrón, Bas Rensen, Sophie Rose, Matthias van Rossum, Rafaël Thiebaut, Merve Tosun, Hanna te Velde Created: 2016-2020 Version: 1.0 (2020) Sources: Nationaal Archief (The Hague), 1.04.02; 1.04.18.03; 1.05.03; 1.05.14; 1.05.01.02; 1.05.10.02; 1.11.06.08; 1.11.06.11; 3.03.02.