Caviedes, a pardo man enslaved by Joseph de Caviedes, said he saved half his assessed value through wages earned in rest time; his father supplied the other half. His master demanded 500 pesos. The...
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...
