EVENT INFORMATION

24
Sèptèmber
1884

Zorg en Hoop workers protest heavy tasks and low pay

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On 24 September 1884, Hindostani laborers at the sugar plantation Zorg en Hoop protested severe tasks and low payments. A confrontation followed after an overseer judged the assigned work incomplete and demanded more. The workers’ action challenged both wage-setting and the authority of plantation management; colonial officials responded by seeking arrests and deploying armed forces.

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🔖 Marká

Personanan den e suseso aki

Hindostani plantation workers

A.G. Knott

Ramjanee

Organisashonnan den e Evento aki

Zorg en Hoop

Commewijne

colonial police and military