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 colonial rule. Their names and motives survive through records shaped by arrest and prosecution; a decolonial reading keeps that unequal production of evidence visible.
Inisiá sesion pa gusta òf marká e relato aki.
🔖 Marká
Ainda no tin imágen ni vidio pa e suseso aki.
Eventonan Relashoná
How is the Paramaribo fire interpreted in the community history cited?
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Splikashon
The account identifies the three escaped men and frames the fire as resistance.