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Boven-cottica

#115D'ALYDA EN KARELSBURG

85
registered enslaved persons
18
family names

Suikerplantage aan de rechteroever der Cottica in het afvaren; tussen de koffieplantage Langmoedigheid stroomopwaarts ten oosten en Carelsburg stroomafwaarts ten westen. Eigenaren de erven Bedloo (Nederland), Roux (Paramaribo) en Marselis (Nederland).

Location

5.6200, -54.4760 · Open in Google Maps

History

D'ALYDA EN KARELSBURG was a Surinamese plantation in the Boven-cottica region.

In 1863, the year of emancipation, 85 enslaved people were registered at D'ALYDA EN KARELSBURG. This made it the #132 largest plantation in Suriname (top 74%). 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 Berkmans, Bliksteen, Boschveld, Dammerhof, Eerdhof.

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

In-depth context

Size in 1863
D'ALYDA EN KARELSBURG registered 85 enslaved people in 1863. That places the plantation at ##132 of 501 known plantations — larger than 74% of all plantations in our database.
Regional context
The Boven-cottica region contains 17 plantations with 2,155 registered people in total (average 127 per plantation). Within this region this plantation ranks #11 by size.

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