Location

History

JODEN SAVANE was a Surinamese plantation in the Boven Suriname region.

In 1863, the year of emancipation, 9 enslaved people were registered at JODEN SAVANE. This made it the #188 largest plantation in Suriname (top 63%). Their descendants — who in 1863 received a family name for the first time — are spread across the Caribbean and the global diaspora today.

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

In-depth context

Size in 1863

JODEN SAVANE registered 9 enslaved people in 1863. That places the plantation at ##188 of 501 known plantations — larger than 63% 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 #13 by size.

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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