Virginia Dementricia (1842 – after 1861), was an enslaved woman on Aruba in the Dutch West Indies. She was enslaved by the planter Jan van der Biest, and was punished for a number of acts against slavery between 1859 and 1861. She was sold in 1861, after which there are no traces of her, but slavery was abolished in 1863, a mere two years later. Historically, she has become a symbolic figure and heroine for the fight against slavery on Aruba. References 1842 births 19th-century Dutch people Slavery in the Caribbean Women in war in the Caribbean Rebel slaves Year of death unknown Women in 19th-century warfare Women in war in the Netherlands 19th-century people of the Dutch Empire 19th-century slaves Aruban people of African descent