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Beneden-commewijne

#106NIEUW ROELAND

9
registered enslaved persons
1
family names

(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

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 63%). 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.

In-depth context

Size in 1863
NIEUW ROELAND registered 9 enslaved people in 1863. That places the plantation at ##188 of 501 known plantations — larger than 63% of all plantations in our database.
Regional context
The Beneden-commewijne region contains 40 plantations with 6,903 registered people in total (average 173 per plantation). Within this region this plantation ranks #37 by size.
Most common surnames on this plantation

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All surnames on this plantation

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