#3REMONCOURT
Houtgrond aan de Suriname rechts in het afvaren; grenzend stroomopwaarts aan de houtgrond Berg-en- Daal, stroomafwaarts aan de houtgrond Solitaire. De eigenares van deze plantage was mej. S.D. Sanches. De plantage Remoncourt had geen eigen slaven. De zes slaven die er werkten, behoorden toe aan de plantage Cornelis Vriendschap (aan de Orleanekreek) waarvan mej. S.D. Sanches voor tweederde eigenares was.
Location
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History
REMONCOURT was a Surinamese plantation in the Boven Suriname region.
In 1863, the year of emancipation, 6 enslaved people were registered at REMONCOURT. This made it the #198 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 Draling, Moddermans, Overwin, van Beemster, Verwij.
Automatically composed from primary data (NA Slave Register & plantation records). Manually curated history follows.
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