EVENT INFORMATION

14
Februari
1754

Governor Crommelin warns that peace with Maroons may be necessary

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📅 14 Februari 1754 📍 Suriname

In a letter to the Society of Suriname, Governor Jan Jacob Mauricius Crommelin argued that colonial troops could not defeat Maroon communities and that peace might save the colony. Maroon communities had escaped enslavement, built autonomous societies, and used armed resistance to defend their freedom.

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Personen in deze gebeurtenis

Jan Jacob Mauricius Crommelin

Organisaties in dit Evenement

Society of Suriname

Ndyuka and other Maroon communities