Boven-cottica

#113ZELDENRUST & WELGELEGEN

225

registered enslaved persons

family names

(ST: Gran-Surdi), koffieplantage aan de Cottica links in het afvaren; grenzend stroomopwaarts aan de koffieplantage Groot-Cuylemburg, stroomafwaarts aan de koffieplantage Le Contentement. Eigenares Nicolette Jeanne Vereul douarierre Charles de Vismes (wonend op kasteel Sans-Souci, gemeente Sezanne (Marne), Frankrijk). Tevens eigenaresse van de plantage Vriendsbeleid en Ouderzorg en is aandeelhoudster in de plantages: Schoonoord en Welgelegen (2/3 aandeel, Nieuwzorg (168/960 aandeel), alsmede de gronden: La Solitude en Oosthuijzen (168/960 aandeel), Meerzorg (168/960 aandeel), Langmoedigheid (168/960 aandeel), Voorzorg (168/960 aandeel), Reninenburg (168/960 aandeel) en Genoodzaakt (168/960 aandeel).

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Location

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History

ZELDENRUST & WELGELEGEN was a Surinamese plantation in the Boven-cottica region.

In 1863, the year of emancipation, 225 enslaved people were registered at ZELDENRUST & WELGELEGEN. This made it the #41 largest plantation in Suriname (top 92%). 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 Afstak, Allerstad, Balders, Barsteen, Boomdijk.

Automatically composed from primary data (NA Slave Register & plantation records). Manually curated history follows.

In-depth context

Size in 1863

ZELDENRUST & WELGELEGEN registered 225 enslaved people in 1863. That places the plantation at ##41 of 501 known plantations — larger than 92% 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 #4 by size.

Most common surnames on this plantation

Afstak Allerstad Balders Barsteen Boomdijk Brashuis Cederburg Damsveld

Sources & documents in open archives

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Slavery & emancipation

📜 Slave register 1830–1863 (NA) 🗄 National Archives Suriname 🗄 National Archives — all 🚢 Slave Voyages (TASTD) ✝ EBG / Moravian Brethren (Utrecht) 🗄 Amsterdam City Archive (notarial)

Atlas, maps & literature

🗺 Atlas of plantations 1667–1930 🧭 Suriname mapped (Geheugen) 📕 Surinaamsche Almanacs (DBNL) 🌐 Wikipedia — search plantation 📚 Wikipedia — plantations category

Photos, prints & museums

📷 KITLV photo archive (Leiden) 🏛 Tropenmuseum / Wereldmuseum

Genealogy & community

🌴 Suriname Heritage Guide 👪 SurinameseGenealogy.nl 📖 Surinamistiek.nl 💬 Stamboek Forum 🕊 NiNsee 🗺 Mapping Slavery 📚 Surinamica.nl 🎓 Anton de Kom Universiteit 🌐 FamilySearch 📂 Open Archieven 🗃 Archieven.nl 📖 Buku Bibliotheca 📕 West-Indische Gids ✒ Caraïbische Letteren

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