Historical Person

Gaminet

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📍 Suriname

Gaminet

Gender: Male

Related Events

Maroons appear alongside Indigenous fighters

📅 8 October 1679

A journal reports that Gaminet, a Maroon, is travelling with Indigenous fighters. This points to contact and possible solidarity between communities resisting colonial rule. The archive describes...

Colonial expedition destroys a Maroon stronghold

📅 September 1681

A colonial operation destroys a Maroon stronghold and kills about fifty people led by Gaminet. The source says only one man escaped. It gives no exact day in September. The attack shows that...