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We slaves of Suriname / Anton de Kom ; translated by David McKay.

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Kom, A. de (Anton), 1898-1945, author.
Contributor:
McKay, David, 1973- translator.
Anne and Joseph Trachtman Memorial Book Fund.
Standardized Title:
Wij slaven van Suriname. English
Language:
Dutch
English
Subjects (All):
Slave trade--Suriname.
Slave trade.
Antislavery movements--Suriname.
Antislavery movements.
Enslaved persons--Emancipation--Suriname.
Enslaved persons.
Slavery--Suriname--History.
Slavery.
Racism--Suriname--History.
Racism.
History.
Enslaved persons--Emancipation.
Enslaved persons--Emancipation--British colonies.
Enslaved persons--Emancipation--French colonies.
Suriname--History.
Suriname.
Genre:
History.
Physical Description:
x, 248 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Place of Publication:
Cambridge, UK : Polity, [2022]
Contents:
Machine generated contents note: We Slaves of Suriname
"Sranan," Our Fatherland
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)
Governor Crommelin (1752
1768)
Governor Nepveu (1770
1779)
Buku (Decayed into Dust)
The Final Chapter for the Resistance
Suriname under British Rule
The Great Fire
The Fate of the Ethical
White Settlement
Fighting the Current
Governors on Parade
The Abolition of Slavery
Freedom?
The Great Sellout
The Era of "Freedom"
How We Live
The Essence of Autonomy
Fin de siecle
Indentured Labor
Free Labor
In Search of Gold
The Major Crops
What Becomes of those Millions?
Results
Reunion and Farewell.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Local Notes:
Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Anne and Joseph Trachtman Memorial Book Fund.
ISBN:
1509549013
9781509549016
1509549021
9781509549023
OCLC:
1250204799

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