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Beneden-para

#68ADRICHEM

53
registered enslaved persons
9
family names

Koffieplantage, aan de linkeroever der rivier Suriname in het afvaren; grenzend ten westen aan La Rencontre, ten oosten aan Waterland. Eigenaar de erven Pieter Kerkhoven, uit Amsterdam, die gepresenteerd worden door het Huis van Negotie Kerkhoven en Coutinho.

Location

5.6821, -55.1920 · Open in Google Maps · Satellite

History

ADRICHEM was a Surinamese plantation in the Beneden-para region.

In 1863, the year of emancipation, 53 enslaved people were registered at ADRICHEM. This made it the #151 largest plantation in Suriname (top 31%). Their descendants — who in 1863 received a family name for the first time — are spread across the Caribbean and the global diaspora today.

Family names that frequently occur on this plantation include Creta, Dalma, Hartok, Jonkel, Nortwijk.

Automatically composed from primary data (NA Slave Register & plantation records). Manually curated history follows.

In-depth context

Size in 1863
ADRICHEM registered 53 enslaved people in 1863. That places the plantation at ##151 of 216 known plantations — larger than 31% of all plantations in our database.
Regional context
The Beneden-para region contains 30 plantations with 2,058 registered people in total (average 69 per plantation). Within this region this plantation ranks #14 by size.

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