Salem
The family name Salem occurs on 1 Surinamese plantations, together accounting for 109 registered enslaved people in 1863. Below you see where the name occurs, how often and with which spelling variants.
🗺 Geographic distribution
Points show plantations where this family name occurs. Size = number registered in 1863.
📍 Distribution by region
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Boven Suriname 1× · 109 registered enslaved persons
🏛 Plantations with family name Salem
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🔊 Sounds like…
Other surnames with the same phonetic code (Soundex/Metaphone). Possible spelling alternatives or related families.
📜 People in the Slave Register
9 entries in the National Archives Slave Register 1830–1863.
| Name | Plantation | Period | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Salem | — | 1848 – 1851 | ↗ |
| Salem | — | 1851 – 1 juli 1863 | ↗ |
| Cornelis Petrus Salem Slavennaam: Cornelis | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Adriaan Johannes Salemos Slavennaam: Adriaan | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Catolina Salemin Tanenburg Slavennaam: Catolina | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Methusalem Petrus Doorson Slavennaam: Minosabie | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Salem Greenveld Slavennaam: Salem | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Cadeaux Petrus Salem Slavennaam: Cadeaux | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Carolina Jacoba Salem Slavennaam: Carolina | — | 1863 | ↗ |
🗄 Search Salem in open archives
Directly searchable collections from Dutch archives and museums.
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