We Slaves of Suriname. Anton de Kom

      1  Cover

      2  Title Page

      3  Copyright Page

      4  Translator’s Note

      5  Introductions

      6  Frimangron by Tessa Leuwsha Note

      7  The Breath of Freedom by Duco van Oostrum Double Consciousness Facts Forgotten and Facts Suppressed The Personal Decolonization of White Education The Breath of Freedom A Vision of Motherly Listening Note Bibliography

      8  Why Anton de Kom Still Inspires Generation after Generation by Mitchell Esajas “Race” and Class in Colonial Surinamese Society Solidarity A New Generation Rediscovers Anton de Kom The Legacy of Slavery Notes

      9  Foreword by Judith de Kom

      10  We Slaves of Suriname

      11  “Sranan,” Our Fatherland Notes

      12  The Era of Slavery The Arrival of the Whites El Dorado The First Settlements The Dutch Regime The Slave Trade The Market Enslaved The Slave Woman The Masters The Punishments The Governing Council The History of Our Nation Van Aerssen van Sommelsdijck (1683–1688) The Brutes The Forest Expeditions 1712–1742 Johan Jacob Mauricius (1742–1751) Divide and Conquer Adu the Unbending Mauricius the Crusader Alabi Governor Crommelin (1752–1768) Governor Nepveu (1770–1779) Buku (Decayed into Dust) Baron The Chieftain Joli Coeur The Chieftain Boni Open Warfare Foreign Military Assistance The Final Chapter for the Resistance Suriname under British Rule The Great Fire The Fate of the Ethical In Conflict with Amsterdam Merchants White Settlement Fighting the Current Governors on Parade