The Boni Maroon Wars in SurinameThe area along the Lawa River, the border river between Surinam and French Guiana, is presently inhabited by about 2,000 Maroons who call themselves Aluku or Boni. They are the descendants of Surinamese slaves who escaped from plantations during the period of slavery. After protracted fighting on Surinamese territory, they finally fled to French Guiana. This is a fascinating account of the genesis of the Boni- Maroons and their continuous warfare against the white planters and their colonial armies. The works that have been published on the Boni-Maroons, for instance John Gabriel Stedman's famous 'Narrative' from 1796, represent only fragments of the Boni-history. Wim Hoogbergen's book is a successful attempt to paint an overall picture of this interesting Maroon-history. The author combed the archives of The Netherlands, France and Surinam in search of data referring to the Boni-Maroons from their origins until 1860, with astonishing results. |
Contents
MARRONAGE AND MAROONS | 1 |
Vegetation belts in the Surinamese coastal plain | 7 |
The main areas of refuge for slaves in the period 17601860 | 13 |
1 | 23 |
No Pacification of the BoniMaroons | 29 |
Patrol to Mopegron in February 1762 | 32 |
The Free Negro Quassi in Pursuit of the Maroons of Tesisi | 39 |
The TesisiMaroons | 46 |
The living area of the BoniMaroons 17761790 | 127 |
THE SECOND BONIMAROON | 129 |
Ndjuka villages along the Tapanahoni River | 151 |
BONIS DEATH | 157 |
The Second BoniMaroon War 17891793 | 182 |
TOWARDS RECOGNITION | 184 |
The BoniMaroons in the 19th Century and their present places of residene | 197 |
THE DAWN OF A MAROON SOCIETY | 199 |
The Maroons of Kormantin Kodjo | 47 |
The living area of Kormantin Kodjo 17571772 | 51 |
Marching route of B J C Jacot and P S Stoelman in April 1768 | 59 |
Expeditions to Buku 17711772 | 81 |
THE FIRST BONIMAROON WAR PART TWO 17731777 | 91 |
Location of the Cordon | 99 |
The villages of the BoniMaroons 17621777 | 103 |
THE BONI IN FRENCH GUIANA | 105 |
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