EVENT INFORMATION

5
Ougùstùs
1822

Pompée’s maroon community is captured after years of autonomy

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📅 5 Ougùstùs 1822 📍 Guyana Franses

On 5 August 1822, a colonial military detachment captured Pompée and members of his maroon community at Maripa on the Comté River. Pompée and his companions had built a settlement beyond plantation control. He was sentenced to death; the capture reflects the violence used to suppress self-liberation, while the community’s prolonged existence demonstrates the practical possibility of collective freedom.

Inisiá sesion pa gusta òf marká e relato aki.
🔖 Marká

Personanan den e suseso aki

Pompée

Gertrude

Virgile

Rosine

Adeline

Esther

Organisashonnan den e Evento aki

Maripa maroon community

colonial military detachment