Jurriaan François de Friderici[a] (7 December 1751 – 11 October 1812) was a Dutch military officer and plantation owner.

In 1772, a corps of Zwarte Jagers (black hunters),[5] was recruited from 200 freed slaves and were commanded by de Friderici.

[7] In 1790, de Friderici was appointed to the Court of Policy, and became acting Governor-General of Suriname on 16 June 1790 when Jan Wichers announced his leave.

De Friderici who was an orangist forbade any organisation involved with human rights, and instituted press censorship in the colony.

[10] In the Dutch and French press, a secret letter from William V to de Friderici was published announcing his intention to send British troops to Suriname.

[11][12][13] In 1798, General Jean-Charles Pichegru and six other French military officers who had fallen from grace, and had been exiled to Cayenne, managed to escape and reached Paramaribo.

[14] On 13 August 1799, a British navy fleet commanded by Lord Hugh Seymour arrived near the coast of Suriname.