Nederlandsche bestuur during culturstelsel at the Semangka Baai

This study aims to determine the implementation of the Cultuurstelsel period in Semangka Baai. Semaka Baai is an area that is used to shape the politics and economy of the Cultuurstelsel era, which is located near the port of Kota Agung. Semangka Baai is one of the implementation areas for Cultuurstelsel in the from of pepper plantations managed by Europeans and is the canter of pepper cultivation in Lampung. In 1914 Lampung was able to produce 13,207 tons of pepper for the Dutch East Indies and one of the largest pepper producers in Lampung came from Semangka Baai. However, behind the historical facts that were owned by the Semangka Baai area at the time of the implementation of the Cultuurstelsel period, many indigenous people of Semangka Baai or now Known as Semaka did not know more about the historical journey of the glory of pepper plantations as the main commodity in the Lampung residency. The method used in this research is the historical method with heuristic stages by collecting data sources, verifying or investigating the data, interpretation by establishing meaning and interrelation with the facts obtained, and historiography by rewriting the data obtained. The results of this study provide an explanation that the Cultuurstelsel period had been applied in Lampung, especially in the Teluk Semangka area as evidenced by the many plantations that were mostly managed by Europeans and even became the center of pepper cultivation in Lampung. In addition, Nederlandsche Bestuur or Dutch governance in Semangka Baai has an influence on people’s lives in Semangka Baai, such as settlement conflicts, robbers, to social and cultural influences.