Boven Suriname

#10GUINESCHE VRIENDSCHAP

145

registered enslaved persons

family names

(ST: Corbeyansi), suikerplantage aan de Suriname links in het afvaren; grenzend stroomopwaarts aan de suikerplantage Zeldenrust, stroomafwaarts aan de kostgrond van Heystvliet. Eigenaren: Abraham Wolff Oppenheimer (Paramaribo) voor 5/6 aandeel; Pesle Levij Abraham, wed. Albert Wolff Oppenheimer (Paramaribo) voor 2/18 aandeel en Clasina Regina Oppenheimer (Paramaribo) voor 1/18 aandeel.

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Location

4.6908, -55.1976 · Open in Google Maps

History

GUINESCHE VRIENDSCHAP was a Surinamese plantation in the Boven Suriname region.

In 1863, the year of emancipation, 145 enslaved people were registered at GUINESCHE VRIENDSCHAP. This made it the #72 largest plantation in Suriname (top 86%). 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 Achtzaam, Berg, Berlin, Bingen, Borg. Surnames from GUINESCHE VRIENDSCHAP also appear on related plantations such as ADRICHEM, 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

GUINESCHE VRIENDSCHAP registered 145 enslaved people in 1863. That places the plantation at ##72 of 501 known plantations — larger than 86% of all plantations in our database.

Regional context

The Boven Suriname region contains 16 plantations with 1,316 registered people in total (average 82 per plantation). Within this region this plantation ranks #4 by size.

Most common surnames on this plantation

Achtzaam Berg Berlin Bingen Borg Carron Cobens Dallier

Surnames also on other plantations

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

Kerk +3 Berg +2 Lems +2 Maks +2 Pas +2 Rups +2 Sluis +2 Spaarzaam +2

Related plantations (shared surnames)

ADRICHEM

3 shared surnames

ETABLISSEMENT BATAVIA

Sources & documents in open archives

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Slavery & emancipation

📜 Slave register 1830–1863 (NA) 🗄 National Archives Suriname 🗄 National Archives — all 🚢 Slave Voyages (TASTD) ✝ EBG / Moravian Brethren (Utrecht) 🗄 Amsterdam City Archive (notarial)

Atlas, maps & literature

🗺 Atlas of plantations 1667–1930 🧭 Suriname mapped (Geheugen) 📕 Surinaamsche Almanacs (DBNL) 🌐 Wikipedia — search plantation 📚 Wikipedia — plantations category

Photos, prints & museums

📷 KITLV photo archive (Leiden) 🏛 Tropenmuseum / Wereldmuseum

Genealogy & community

🌴 Suriname Heritage Guide 👪 SurinameseGenealogy.nl 📖 Surinamistiek.nl 💬 Stamboek Forum 🕊 NiNsee 🗺 Mapping Slavery 📚 Surinamica.nl 🎓 Anton de Kom Universiteit 🌐 FamilySearch 📂 Open Archieven 🗃 Archieven.nl 📖 Buku Bibliotheca 📕 West-Indische Gids ✒ Caraïbische Letteren

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