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👥 Family name profile
Read
The family name Read occurs on 2 Surinamese plantations, together accounting for 624 registered enslaved people in 1863. Below you see where the name occurs, how often and with which spelling variants.
2
plantations
2
Occurrences
624
Registered in 1863
1
river regions
🗺 Geographic distribution
Points show plantations where this family name occurs. Size = number registered in 1863.
📍 Distribution by region
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Nickerie 2× · 624 registered enslaved persons
🏛 Plantations with family name Read
Click a plantation for full history, owners, photos and sources.
📜 People in the Slave Register
17 entries in the National Archives Slave Register 1830–1863.
| Name | Plantation | Period | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alida Read Slavennaam: Alida | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Amba Sari Read Slavennaam: Amba | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Betty Read Slavennaam: Betty | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Carolus Read Slavennaam: Carolus | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Charley Read Slavennaam: Charley | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| David Crook Read Slavennaam: Crook | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Doris Read Slavennaam: Doris | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Laura Read Slavennaam: Louisa | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Laurens Read Slavennaam: Laurens | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Lea Maria Read Slavennaam: Lea | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Phoeby Read Slavennaam: Phoeby | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Polly Read Slavennaam: Polly | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Raaders Read Slavennaam: Raaders | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Robina Rosina Read Slavennaam: Robina | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Shields Read Slavennaam: Shields | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Surinam Read Slavennaam: Surinam | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Susanna Read Slavennaam: Susanna | — | 1863 | ↗ |
🗄 Search Read in open archives
Directly searchable collections from Dutch archives and museums.
Slavery & emancipation
📜 Slave register 1830–1863 (NA)
⛓ Emancipated 1863 (NA)
📃 Manumissions 1832–1863 (NA)
🌴 Maroons & Bushinengue (NA)
🚢 Slave Voyages (TASTD)
✡️ Jewish/Sephardic (Robles de Medina, Nassy, Pinto, da Costa, ...)
🕯 Jewish Cultural Quarter
🏛 Jewish Historical Museum
⚱ Beth Haim Ouderkerk
🏛 Jodensavanne Foundation
🌐 JewishGen — worldwide
Civil registry, church & notarial records
🏛 Civil registry Suriname
⛪ DTB registers Suriname
✝ EBG / Moravian Brethren (Utrecht)
🗄 Amsterdam City Archive (notarial)
Indentured labour & immigration
International databases
Genealogy & community
👪 SurinameseGenealogy.nl
📖 Surinamistiek — family names
📚 Surinamica.nl
🌴 Suriname Heritage Guide
🕊 NiNsee
🗺 Mapping Slavery
👤 Denie Kasan
💬 Stamboek Forum
Newspapers & other sources
📰 Delpher newspapers (1700–1995)
🗄 National Archives Suriname
📕 West-Indische Gids
📖 Buku Bibliotheca
✒ Caraïbische Letteren
External collections are maintained by third parties. Hits are name-based and may not all refer to this specific plantation — always verify in the source.