Commewijne, Suriname's Plantation District

Monument to uprising, Mariënburg

The monument at Mariënburg in memory of an uprising and resulting dead that took place here in 1902. On 2 July there was a strike because of low wages. On 29 July, director James Mavor was chased by the workers and killed. The following day people were arrested, after angry workers marched to the office. Shots were fired by the Colonial Army at the mutinous workers, resulting in a total number of 24 dead workers. On 30 July, 2006, Suriname vice president Ramdien Sardjoe unveiled this monument.

Photo by Ludo Kuipers, Thu Jan 21, 2016
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