Origins of the Suriname Kwinti Maroons

Narrative history of the Kwinti Maroons covering approximately 250 years. They had settled West of Paramaribo before 1750. Only in 1887, 24 years after the abolition of slavery, did the authorities acknowledge the Kwinti as free Maroons. Based on archival sources in Suriname and the Netherlands.

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Main Author: Wim Hoogbergen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BRILL 1992-01-01
Series:NWIG
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Online Access:http://www.kitlv-journals.nl/index.php/nwig/article/view/3323
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spelling doaj-2429b9a57bde4786936249ca9efe75e82020-11-25T00:50:47ZengBRILLNWIG1382-23731992-01-01661&22759Origins of the Suriname Kwinti MaroonsWim HoogbergenNarrative history of the Kwinti Maroons covering approximately 250 years. They had settled West of Paramaribo before 1750. Only in 1887, 24 years after the abolition of slavery, did the authorities acknowledge the Kwinti as free Maroons. Based on archival sources in Suriname and the Netherlands.http://www.kitlv-journals.nl/index.php/nwig/article/view/3323Surinamemilitary historyMaroons
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Origins of the Suriname Kwinti Maroons
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Suriname
military history
Maroons
author_facet Wim Hoogbergen
author_sort Wim Hoogbergen
title Origins of the Suriname Kwinti Maroons
title_short Origins of the Suriname Kwinti Maroons
title_full Origins of the Suriname Kwinti Maroons
title_fullStr Origins of the Suriname Kwinti Maroons
title_full_unstemmed Origins of the Suriname Kwinti Maroons
title_sort origins of the suriname kwinti maroons
publisher BRILL
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issn 1382-2373
publishDate 1992-01-01
description Narrative history of the Kwinti Maroons covering approximately 250 years. They had settled West of Paramaribo before 1750. Only in 1887, 24 years after the abolition of slavery, did the authorities acknowledge the Kwinti as free Maroons. Based on archival sources in Suriname and the Netherlands.
topic Suriname
military history
Maroons
url http://www.kitlv-journals.nl/index.php/nwig/article/view/3323
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