How the Amazon became a safe-haven for enslaved Africans

Deep in the Amazon rainforest in Suriname, an unknown route of trails, creeks, and rivers was used by the Maroons, a community of enslaved Africans, to escape to a victorious freedom. They took refuge in the dense Amazon forest and established their own independent communities along the Upper Suriname river.

Credits:

Producer: Cagney Roberts

Directors: Brian van der Leij & Gilberto M. R. Krieger

Archivist: Cagney Roberts

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