The population of the town was greatly increased after 1873, when former enslaved people (who had been freed in 1863) were allowed to stop working for their former masters and leave the sugar plantations.Paramaribo has remained the capital of Suriname, from its colonial days through the independence of Suriname in 1975 to the present day.. 
 ohun ti wọ́n kọ́ yĩ ni ó di ojú ọjà àwọn Faransé ni agbègbè náà.. 