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Language and Slavery: A social and linguistic history of the Suriname creoles
Jacques Arends
[Creole Language Library 52] 2017
► pp. 35–100

Chapter 2
The ‘prehistory’ of the Suriname creoles

Article outline
  • 2.1Early contacts between European and non-European languages (1450–1600)
  • 2.2Early settlements in and around Suriname (1600–1650)
  • 2.3The formative years: 1651–1690
    • 2.3.1The English period (1651–1667)
      • 2.3.1.1The colonization by the English
      • 2.3.1.2The Sephardic Jews
    • 2.3.2The first years of Suriname as a Dutch colony (1667–1690)
      • 2.3.2.1The transition period (1667–1680)
      • 2.3.2.2The English exodus (1667–1680)
      • 2.3.2.3The Indian war (1678–1686)
      • 2.3.2.4Early marronage: The formation of the Saramaka Maroons and their language
  • 2.4Conclusion
  • Notes
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