#106NIEUW ROELAND
(ST: Rolo), kostgrond aan de Beneden-Commewijne links in het afvaren; grenzend stroomopwaarts aan de suikerplantage Schoonoord, stroomafwaarts aan de kostgrond Breedevoort. De eigenaren van plantage Naccaribo (de boedel E. en C. Reijns) zijn ook de eigenaren van kostgrond Nieuw Roeland.
Location
5.8153, -54.8910 · Open in Google Maps · Satellite
History
NIEUW ROELAND was a Surinamese plantation in the Beneden-commewijne region.
In 1863, the year of emancipation, 9 enslaved people were registered at NIEUW ROELAND. This made it the #188 largest plantation in Suriname (top 13%). 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 Lems Petrici Volgers.
Automatically composed from primary data (NA Slave Register & plantation records). Manually curated history follows.
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