#123L'AVENTURE
(ST: Browru), koffieplantage, aan de rivier de Cottica rechts in het afvaren; grenzend aan de koffieplantage De Nieuwe-Levant opwaarts en de koffieplantage Twijfelachtig stroomafwaarts. Vermoedelijk was Johann Dieterich Horst, de eigenaar van pl antage Harmonie o ok de eigenaar van l'Aventure.
Location
5.6378, -54.4460 · Open in Google Maps · Satellite
History
L'AVENTURE was a Surinamese plantation in the Boven-cottica region.
In 1863, the year of emancipation, 45 enslaved people were registered at L'AVENTURE. This made it the #159 largest plantation in Suriname (top 27%). 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 Kalteweie, Laardijker, Sleursburg, Steenenpost, Streithorst.
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