Batak-slaven (English: “Batak slaves”) is a term or concept described in Jongejan’s Land en Volk van Atjeh Vroeger en Nu in relation to Aceh. Batak slaves were little valued and Batak slave women rarely occurred, unlike Nias slave women.

Translation

Batak slaves

Description

Batak slaves were little valued and Batak slave women rarely occurred, unlike Nias slave women.

Significance

The term Batak-slaven is recorded by Jongejan as part of the cultural, administrative, or institutional vocabulary of Aceh.

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Source

Land en Volk van Atjeh Vroeger en Nu, by J. Jongejans, Oud-Resident van het Gewest Atjeh en Onderhoorigheden, with a foreword by Dr. H. Colijn (Baarn: Hollandia Drukkerij N.V., c. 1938), pp. 96.