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Beneden - Suriname

#29DORDRECHT

208
registered enslaved persons
50
family names

Suikerplantage aan de Suriname links in het opvaren; grenzend stroomopwaarts aan de koffieplantage Jagtlust, stroomafwaarts aan de koffieplantage Lust-en-Rust. Eigenaren de weduwe J.B. Evertsz, C.A. van Sypesteyn (beiden uit Den Haag) en C.D. Brakke (Paramaribo).

Location

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History

DORDRECHT was a Surinamese plantation in the Beneden - Suriname region.

In 1863, the year of emancipation, 208 enslaved people were registered at DORDRECHT. This made it the #50 largest plantation in Suriname (top 77%). 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 Braafheid, Braaksteen, Braambeek, Braamberg, Braambosch.

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

In-depth context

Size in 1863
DORDRECHT registered 208 enslaved people in 1863. That places the plantation at ##50 of 216 known plantations — larger than 77% of all plantations in our database.
Regional context
The Beneden - Suriname region contains 18 plantations with 3,193 registered people in total (average 177 per plantation). Within this region this plantation ranks #7 by size.

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