To commemorate the slave revolt of 1795, the famous freedom fighter Tula was declared a national hero in August 2010. On August 17, 1795, dozens of slaves from the Knip plantation, led by Tula, refused to work. Slaves from neighboring plantations joined the uprising, which was brutally suppressed within three months. Slavery was not finally abolished in Curaçao until 1863. Therefore, not only is the extensive slave museum at the Kura Hulanda Hotel complex worth seeing, but also the monument in Otrobanda, erected near the Holiday Beach Hotel in honor of the freedom fighter Tula.
