ies : ▁ ▁Dutch ▁East ▁Ind ies ▁ ▁Dutch ▁C ey lon ▁ ▁Form osa ▁( mod ern ▁day ▁Taiwan ) ▁ ▁Mal ac ca ▁ ▁Des h ima ▁ ▁New ▁Holland ▁ ▁Cape ▁Col ony ▁ ▁Western ▁Hem is phere ▁Col on ies ▁of ▁the ▁Car ib bean ▁were ▁never ▁intended ▁to ▁be ▁carri ers ▁of ▁Dutch ▁culture ▁and ▁language . ▁The ▁slave ▁populations ▁of ▁the ▁Car ib bean ▁colon ies ▁had ▁almost ▁no ▁contact ▁with ▁the ▁Dutch ▁culture ▁and ▁as ▁a ▁result ▁of ▁this , ▁a ▁mixed ▁Car ib bean ▁culture ▁was ▁created ▁based ▁largely ▁on ▁African ▁roots . ▁The ▁populations ▁were ▁govern ed ▁by ▁Dutch men ▁who ▁were ▁not ▁elected ▁by ▁the ▁loc als ▁but ▁rather ▁sent ▁from ▁the ▁metropol is . ▁ ▁The ▁separation ▁between ▁the ▁Dutch ▁and ▁their ▁subjects ▁was ▁great . ▁For ▁example , ▁in ▁Sur in ame , ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁most ▁important ▁Dutch ▁colon ies ▁in ▁South ▁America , ▁the ▁Dutch ▁language ▁was ▁foreign ▁to ▁nin ety - five ▁percent ▁of ▁the ▁population , ▁and ▁only ▁the ▁local ▁el ites ▁learned ▁the ▁language ▁and ▁attended ▁Dutch ▁schools . ▁ ▁Dutch ▁was ▁never ▁successfully ▁im posed ▁on ▁the ▁majority . ▁In ▁fact , ▁often ▁the ▁populations ▁of ▁the ▁Dutch ▁Car ib bean ▁spoke ▁languages ▁of ▁adjacent ▁colonial ▁powers ▁such ▁as ▁Spanish , ▁Portuguese ▁and ▁English ▁and ▁not ▁the ▁language ▁of ▁their ▁colon izer . ▁Over all , ▁colon ies ▁in ▁the ▁Car ib bean ▁were ▁used ▁sole ly ▁as ▁plant ation ▁cent ers ▁to ▁extract ▁profit