#209LOT NO. 1
Aan de Nickerie. Eigenaren Robert Kirk (Schotland) voor 41/48 aandeel; John Janet Duncanson (Schotland) voor 1/16 aandeel; James Balfour (Schotland) voor 1/24 aandeel en Thomas Balfour (Schotland) voor 1/24 aandeel.
Location
5.9547, -56.7327 · Open in Google Maps
History
LOT NO. 1 was a Surinamese plantation in the Nickerie region.
In 1863, the year of emancipation, 4 enslaved people were registered at LOT NO. 1. This made it the #205 largest plantation in Suriname (top 59%). 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 Edhard.
Automatically composed from primary data (NA Slave Register & plantation records). Manually curated history follows.
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