# Boni - Leader of the Aluku (Boni) Maroons

URL: https://allhistories.com/suriname/rulers/boni
Period: 1765–1793
Number in the list: 44
Born-Died: c. 1730 - 19 February 1793
Dynasty: Maroon peoples
Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boni_(guerrilla_leader)

Boni was a Maroon leader who succeeded Asikan Sylvester in 1765 and fought the Society of Suriname in the Boni Wars from 1768. His people were later called the Aluku. He was betrayed and killed on 19 February 1793.

## Succession
- Previous in list: [Lord Francis Willoughby](https://allhistories.com/suriname/rulers/lord-francis-willoughby)
- Next in list: [Baron](https://allhistories.com/suriname/rulers/baron)

## Timeline events during this reign
- 1767 - [Peace with the Matawai](https://allhistories.com/suriname/timeline/1767-peace-with-the-matawai)
- 1768 - [Boni war begins](https://allhistories.com/suriname/timeline/1768-boni-war-begins)
- 1770 - [Van Aerssen family sells its share](https://allhistories.com/suriname/timeline/1770-van-aerssen-family-sells-its-share)
- 1772 - [Fort Boekoe falls to the colonial corps](https://allhistories.com/suriname/timeline/1772-fort-boekoe-falls-to-the-colonial-corps)
- 1773 - [Amsterdam credit crash hits the plantations](https://allhistories.com/suriname/timeline/1773-amsterdam-credit-crash-hits-the-plantations)
- 1773 - [Fourgeoud's expedition and Stedman arrive](https://allhistories.com/suriname/timeline/1773-fourgeoud-s-expedition-and-stedman-arrive)
- 1776 - [Boni's followers retreat to Cayenne](https://allhistories.com/suriname/timeline/1776-boni-s-followers-retreat-to-cayenne)
- 1779 - [Renewed Ndyuka treaty](https://allhistories.com/suriname/timeline/1779-renewed-ndyuka-treaty)
- 1783 - [Johannes Alabi elected Saramaka granman](https://allhistories.com/suriname/timeline/1783-johannes-alabi-elected-saramaka-granman)
- 1788 - [Boni resurgence and the Clarenbeek attack](https://allhistories.com/suriname/timeline/1788-boni-resurgence-and-the-clarenbeek-attack)
- 1791 - [Stoelmanseiland post is founded](https://allhistories.com/suriname/timeline/1791-stoelmanseiland-post-is-founded)
- 1793 - [Boni is killed on the Marouini](https://allhistories.com/suriname/timeline/1793-boni-is-killed-on-the-marouini)