#67LA RENCONTRE
(ST: Larikondre), suikerplantage aan de Suriname links in het afvaren; grenzend stroomopwaarts aan de suiker- en koffieplantage Waterland-en-Adrichem, stroomafwaarts aan de suikerplantage Domburg. Eigenaren zijn de erven van graaf S.L. de Neale uit Berlijn, bijvoorbeeld: Louise Henriette Delphine Anne Caroline Victoire de Parceval, douariere Joseph Philippe Charles graaf d'Arros (rentenierster te Metz); Camille Ferdinand Laurent de Parceval (gepensioneerd escadronschef bij de Staf (Seine en Loire), Frankrijk; Victoire Sophie Sidonie de Tisseul, burggraaf Charles Louis de Chasseloup (grondeigenares; Parijs; Fanny M.A. de Parceval, geb. gravin O'Hegerty; douariere Alexander Louis Ferdinand de Parseval, in leven Koninklijk Beyersch Generaal (Munchen); Georgine von Bergh, echtg. van baron von Wilkens Hohenau (keurvorstelijk Hessischen werkelijk Geheimraad; Charlotte Amalie von Oetinger, echtg. van Carl Friedrich August vrijheer von Zeuner (buiten betrekking; Rheinsberg, Pruisen; Fernanda Praetorius, geb. gravin von Pappenheim (buiten betrekking; Tegernsee, Koninkrijk Beijeren). Tot de erfenis behoorden ook de plantages Nieuw Mocha en Nieuw Levant, waarvan de slaven zijn overgebracht naar plantage La Rencontre.
Location
5.6285, -55.2332 · Open in Google Maps · Satellite
History
LA RENCONTRE was a Surinamese plantation in the Beneden-para region.
In 1863, the year of emancipation, 190 enslaved people were registered at LA RENCONTRE. This made it the #56 largest plantation in Suriname (top 75%). 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 Alberdien, Albion, Alsida, Alva, Alvie. Surnames from LA RENCONTRE also appear on related plantations such as BROEDERSHOOP, 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
These surnames also appear on other plantations — a possible sign of kinship or relocation of people.
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