Last year I read a half dozen books about the Surinamese Jewish community. One thing I found interesting was the prevalence of using the name “Purim” as a slave’s name. All the people with the name “Purim” in Suriname were slaves of Jews.After this paragraph appears in Ben-Ur’s book, she discusses the volatile career of a man named Purim who was enslaved by Ribca Mendes Vais. And frequently butted heads with a Mahamad that wished to have him expelled from the colony.