Cornelis Reinhard Vaillant (26 May 1781 – 9 January 1849) was a Dutch lawyer, judge, and colonial governor.
[1] In 1816, Vaillant went to Surinam where he was appointed raad-fiscaal [nl] (prosecutor general) for the Court of Justice.
[4] The two regiments in Suriname during the British occupation (1804-1816) had been disbanded, and a temporary corps of Coloureds and Free Negroes had taken its place.
[5] In December 1816, the schutterij (militia) was created which was divided in a White, Coloured and Free Negro division.
[6] The slave trade had been outlawed on 13 August 1814, however it continued illegally much to the dismay of Great Britain.