#104MA RETRAITE
Plantage aan de Boomskreek. Eigenaar S.A. Samuels (woonplaats ongenoemd).
Location
5.8915, -54.8383 · Open in Google Maps
History
MA RETRAITE was a Surinamese plantation in the Beneden-commewijne region.
In 1863, the year of emancipation, 2 enslaved people were registered at MA RETRAITE. This made it the #212 largest plantation in Suriname (top 58%). 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 Matrese.
Automatically composed from primary data (NA Slave Register & plantation records). Manually curated history follows.
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