#202KENT
Suikerplantage aan de Saramacca links in het afvaren; grenzend stroomopwaarts aan de plantage Agenoria (en de militaire post Nassau), stroomafwaarts aan de Atlantische Oceaan. De slaven van de reeds voor 1835 verlaten katoenplantage Oxford zijn hiernaar overgebracht. Eigenaren Sir John Young (gouverneur van Nieuw-Zuid-Wales, Australië) en Anna Young (Engeland). Beiden zijn erfgenamen en kinderen van Sir William Young, baronet. Deze verkreeg plantage Kent in 1843 bij een executieve verkoop.
Location
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History
KENT was a Surinamese plantation in the Beneden-saramacca region.
In 1863, the year of emancipation, 207 enslaved people were registered at KENT. This made it the #51 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 Akkerboom, Ben, Bilg, Bont, Britting. Surnames from KENT also appear on related plantations such as MAAGDENBERG, suggesting historical movement of enslaved people between estates.
Automatically composed from primary data (NA Slave Register & plantation records). Manually curated history follows.
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These surnames also appear on other plantations — a possible sign of kinship or relocation of people.
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Long-form context, history and stories that reference KENT .
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