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Boven-cottica

#110MON SORT

133
registered enslaved persons
11
family names

Koffieplantage aan de Co ttica links in het afvaren; grenzend stroomopwaarts aan de koffieplantage Nieuw-Mocha, stroomafwaarts aan de koffieplantage De Vrede. Eigenaar Fonds van eigendom onder Fraissinet en Van Baak (Nederland). Tot deze fonds van negotie behoren de plantages Monsort, Le Contentement en De Vier Kinderen. Aalster Bilkerdijk Dek, van Dorder Jasbrui

Location

5.5382, -54.4396 · Open in Google Maps · Satellite

History

MON SORT was a Surinamese plantation in the Boven-cottica region.

In 1863, the year of emancipation, 133 enslaved people were registered at MON SORT. This made it the #86 largest plantation in Suriname (top 61%). 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 Lautoe, Listan, Palmburg, Roodhuis, Rosedal. Surnames from MON SORT also appear on related plantations such as ROOZENBURG, 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

Size in 1863
MON SORT registered 133 enslaved people in 1863. That places the plantation at ##86 of 216 known plantations — larger than 61% of all plantations in our database.
Regional context
The Boven-cottica region contains 17 plantations with 2,155 registered people in total (average 127 per plantation). Within this region this plantation ranks #7 by size.
Surnames also on other plantations

These surnames also appear on other plantations — a possible sign of kinship or relocation of people.

Related plantations (shared surnames)

Sources & documents in open archives

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