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[[Image:Maroon village, Suriname River, 1955.jpg|thumb|250px|Maroon village, [[Suriname River]], 1955]]
In the first half of the 18th century, agriculture flourished in Suriname: [[sugar]], [[snakewood]] [[coffee]], [[cocoa]], [[cotton]] and were exported to Amsterdam. In 1713 most of the work on the 200 plantations was done by 13.000 [[Africa]]n slaves. Their treatment was bad, and many slaves escaped to the jungle. These ''[[Maroon (people)|Maroons]]'' (also known as "Djukas" or "Bakabusi Nengre") often returned to attack the plantations. Famous leaders of the Surinam Maroons were [[Alabi]], [[Boni (Maroon leader)|Boni]
Suriname was occupied by the British in 1799, after the Netherlands were incorporated by [[France]], and was returned to the Dutch in 1816, after the defeat of [[Napoleon]]. The Dutch abolished slavery only in 1863; although the British had already abolished it during their short rule. The slaves were, however, not released until 1873; up to that date they conducted obligatory but paid work at the plantations. In the meantime, many more workers had been imported from the [[Netherlands East Indies]], mostly Chinese inhabitants of that colony. After 1873, many Hindu laborers where imported from [[India]]. This emigration was ended by [[Mohandas Gandhi]] in 1916. After that date, many laborers were again imported from the [[Netherlands East Indies]], especially [[Java (island)|Java]].
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