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14
Febrüari
1754

Governor Crommelin warns that peace with Maroons may be necessary

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📅 14 Febrüari 1754 📍 Sürnam

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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Personanan den e suseso aki

Jan Jacob Mauricius Crommelin

Organisashonnan den e Evento aki

Society of Suriname

Ndyuka and other Maroon communities