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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...