#29DORDRECHT
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
5.7497, -55.1614 · Open in Google Maps · Satellite
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.
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