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Beneden-para

#65DIJKVELD

282
registered enslaved persons
48
family names

Suikerplantage aan de Suriname rechts in het opvaren; grenzend stroomopwaarts aan de suikerplantage Tout-Lui-Faut, stroomafwaarts aan de suikerplantage Livorno. Eigenaren de baronesse Lewe van Middelstum, geb. Pringle; A. Schas, douairiere van J.J.I. baron van Heeckeren; A.A. Roepel; wed. Stavorinus, geb. Roepel; A. Wilkens; de wed. I.A. Imthurn, geb. Klint (allen uit Nederland).

Location

5.6868, -55.1955 · Open in Google Maps · Satellite

History

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

In 1863, the year of emancipation, 282 enslaved people were registered at DIJKVELD. This made it the #24 largest plantation in Suriname (top 89%). 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 Aleks, Bart, Bierman, Derk, Devreden. Surnames from DIJKVELD also appear on related plantations such as ETABLISSEMENT BATAVIA, suggesting historical movement of enslaved people between estates.

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

In-depth context

Size in 1863
DIJKVELD registered 282 enslaved people in 1863. That places the plantation at ##24 of 216 known plantations — larger than 89% 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 #1 by size.
Surnames also on other plantations

These surnames also appear on other plantations — a possible sign of kinship or relocation of people.

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