Medal of Honour for George, an Enslaved Man, anonymous, 1837
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An uprising erupted in the Surinamese district of Nickerie in 1836. George, who worked on the Leasowes Plantation, provided the colonial authorities with crucial information leading to the arrest of a number of enslaved people. He was rewarded with this medal. Colin, the leader of the revolt, was sentenced to death, but to this day he has continued to play a role in the oral tradition of Suriname for predicting the abolition of slavery
