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Nickerie

#207HAZARD

Bewaar in mijn stamboom
169
registered enslaved persons
45
family names

Koffieplantage aan de Nickerie. Eigenaren: Robert Kirk (Schotland) voor 41/48 aandeel, John Janet Duncanson (Schotland) voor 3/48 aandeel, James Balfour (Schotland) voor 2/48 aandeel en Thomas Balfour (Schotland) voor 2/48 aandeel.

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Location

5.8500, -55.0500 · Open in Google Maps · Satellite

History

HAZARD was a Surinamese plantation in the Nickerie region.

In 1863, the year of emancipation, 169 enslaved people were registered at HAZARD. This made it the #67 largest plantation in Suriname (top 69%). 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 Banister, Boshrijs, Brak, Buk, Crookstand. Surnames from HAZARD also appear on related plantations such as WATERLOO, 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
HAZARD registered 169 enslaved people in 1863. That places the plantation at ##67 of 216 known plantations — larger than 69% of all plantations in our database.
Regional context
The Nickerie region contains 26 plantations with 2,912 registered people in total (average 112 per plantation). Within this region this plantation ranks #6 by size.
Most common surnames on this plantation
Banister Boshrijs Brak Buk Crookstand Depara Diemet Dorssery
Surnames also on other plantations

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

Duiker +5 Paal +4 Willems +3 Johnson +2 Roos +2 Salmon +2 Thomas +2 Depara +1
Related plantations (shared surnames)
WATERLOO
4 shared surnames
NURSERY
2 shared surnames
(LA) TOURTONNE
1 shared surnames
ZOELEN
1 shared surnames
ELLEN
1 shared surnames
BELLADRUM
1 shared surnames

Sources & documents in open archives

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Authentic 19th-century newspaper ads, prints, maps and archival records that mention this plantation — pulled directly from open Dutch heritage collections.

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More archives & databases
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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All surnames on this plantation

45 family names
Banister Boshrijs Brak Buk Crookstand Depara Diemet Dorssery Duiker Faro Feet Frezer Glaskow Grijsbaard Hazard Hooiberd Huidekooper IJspol Jacobs Johnson Kerkwood Makentos Nanning Niccolson Nunis Paal Reeak Riedveldt Roberds Roberdson Roos Salmon Sanderson Spaarbank Stuard Thomas van Emmeren van Toll Vrolijk Walton Wezenbrook Willems Williams Williamson Zanders

Other plantations in this region

BELLADRUM
19 registered enslaved persons
BOTANY BAY
29 registered enslaved persons
CLYDE
19 registered enslaved persons
CRAPPAHOEK
50 registered enslaved persons
GOOD INTENT
3 registered enslaved persons
HAMPTONCOURT
167 registered enslaved persons
HUNTLY
36 registered enslaved persons
JOHN
98 registered enslaved persons
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