#38LA PROSPERITÉ
(ST: Polaki), houtgrond aan de Coropinakreek links in het afvaren; grenzend stroomopwaarts aan de mond der Tawaycoerakreek, stroomafwaarts aan de kostgrond Lust-en-Rust. Eigenaren de erven D. Jansen Eyken Sluyters (Amsterdam en Paramaribo).
Location
5.4444, -55.2044 · Open in Google Maps
History
LA PROSPERITÉ was a Surinamese plantation in the Boven Para region.
In 1863, the year of emancipation, 211 enslaved people were registered at LA PROSPERITÉ. This made it the #47 largest plantation in Suriname (top 91%). 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 Parun, Peiter, Pengel, Peroti, Perotti.
Automatically composed from primary data (NA Slave Register & plantation records). Manually curated history follows.
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