Paramaribo

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Resistance reaches Paramaribo

📅 15 March 1681

Indigenous fighters set fire to a house in Paramaribo and a building on an abandoned plantation, then escape. The colonial authorities suspect Maroon assistance. The action brings the war to the...

On 14 August 1832, the colonial record lists the manumission of Adelaide, recorded with the family name Pompenstein. The entry connects her freedom to a legal proceeding involving an estate and its...

Fire in Paramaribo becomes an act of enslaved resistance

📅 3 September 1832

On 3 September 1832 a fire began in a Paramaribo dwelling. Suriname Global Group identifies the escaped enslaved men Kodjo, Mentor, and Present as responsible and interprets the arson as resistance to...

Paramaribo’s great fire spreads through the city

📅 4 September 1832

The blaze that began the previous night spread through central Paramaribo and destroyed dozens of properties. Colonial accounts made property loss and public order central, while its association...

Kodjo, Mentor, and Present are executed publicly

📅 26 January 1833

Colonial authorities burned Kodjo, Mentor, and Present alive in a public execution on 26 January 1833 after convicting them in connection with the Paramaribo fire. The punishment made state violence a...