We Slaves of Suriname (Polity) by Anton de Kom is a classic work by the early-20th-century Surinamese Independence activist, finally available in English translation nearly nine decades after its original publication. Banished from the then Dutch colony in 1933, de Kom wrote this historical study as “a fierce indictment of racism and colonialism” and an integral part of his political activism. Described as “one of the most important works of twentieth-century anticolonial literature,” it remains little known to many Caribbean readers.