Kapitein Broos

Kapitein Broos (1821–1880) was a Surinamese freedom fighter. He was the leader of a large rebel camp of the Maroons often called the Bakabusi Nengre. The offspring of Kapitein Broos is manifested in three families, who are still alive today: Deekman, Babel and Landveld.

Sources

Wim Hoogbergen, Het kamp van Broos en Kaliko. Amsterdam: Prometheus, 1996.