Papiamento Bible History (3)

**List: Papiamento Ministry Bible ( [Biblia] ) Papiamento... CURAÇOA.    "CURAÇOA (or Curaçao) is an island of the Caribbean Sea, belonging to the Dutch.   It lies off the north coast of Venezuela, between lat. 12° 3' and 12° 24', and long. 68° 47' and 69° 16'.   Its area is about 260 square miles, and its population upwards of 15,000, about half of whom are slaves, and the greater proportion of the remainder free negroes.   The soil is unfertile, but the island was formerly of some importance, on account of its contraband trade with the Spanish colonies.   The language of the coloured population is a kind of broken Spanish with a Dutch orthography.   A translation of part of the New Testament into this language has been effected by the Rev. Mr. Conradi; and a small edition of the Gospel of St. Matthew was printed, in 1846, at the expense of the Netherlands Bible Society."--The Bible of Every Land. (1860, Second Edition)   Samuel Bagster   [Info only] CURAÇAO.--1860   S. Bagster   [Info only: n.d. Matthew 5:1-12 unknown.]

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