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📍 Suriname

Maroons

Geslacht: Man

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Colonial expedition destroys villages and executes captives

📅 4 November 1680

A land and river expedition destroys villages and, according to the report, captures 82 Indigenous people and five Maroons. The source says most of the Indigenous captives were hanged. Women and...

Resistance reaches Paramaribo

📅 15 Maart 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...