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👥 Family name profile
Glas
The family name Glas occurs on 2 Surinamese plantations, together accounting for 433 registered enslaved people in 1863. Below you see where the name occurs, how often and with which spelling variants.
2
plantations
2
Occurrences
433
Registered in 1863
2
river regions
🗺 Geographic distribution
Points show plantations where this family name occurs. Size = number registered in 1863.
📍 Distribution by region
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Boven Para 1× · 246 registered enslaved persons
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Beneden - Suriname 1× · 187 registered enslaved persons
🏛 Plantations with family name Glas
Click a plantation for full history, owners, photos and sources.
📜 People in the Slave Register
34 entries in the National Archives Slave Register 1830–1863.
| Name | Plantation | Period | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ponglas | MON AFFAIRE | 1838 – overleden | ↗ |
| Douglas | CALEDONIA | 1838 – 1848 | ↗ |
| Glasgow | L'ESPERANCE | 1838 – overleden | ↗ |
| Douglas | L'ESPERANCE | 1838 – 1848 | ↗ |
| Glassford | KATOENPLANTAGE SARAH OPPERDISTRICT | 1830 – 1838 | ↗ |
| Glasgow | KATOENPLANTAGE FORGUE | 1830 – 1838 | ↗ |
| Glasgow | KATOENPLANTAGE INVERNESS | 1830 – 1838 | ↗ |
| Douglas | WATERLOO NEDERDISTRICT | 1838 – 1848 | ↗ |
| Glassford | SARAH OPPERDISTRICT | 1838 – 1848 | ↗ |
| Donglass | SARAH OPPERDISTRICT | uit Catherina. – 1848 | ↗ |
| Glasgow | HAZARD NEDERDISTRICT | Van plantage Forgue af- en alhie – 1848 | ↗ |
| Douglas | CALEDONIA | 1848 – 1851 | ↗ |
| Douglas | L'ESPERANCE | 1848 – 1851 | ↗ |
| Glascow | HAZARD NEDERDISTRICT | 1848 – 1851 | ↗ |
| Douglas | CALEDONIA | 1851 – besmet verklaard den 31 Septbr 1 | ↗ |
| Douglas | L'ESPERANCE | 1851 – overleden 29 februarij 1856. | ↗ |
| Glascow | HAZARD | 1851 – Afgeschreven als zijnde weggeloo | ↗ |
| Glasgow | INVERNESS | 1851 – Overleden 6 Junij 1853. | ↗ |
| Robert Douglas | LONMAIJ | 17 januari 1857 – overleden 12 decemb 1856. | ↗ |
| Glasgow | LOTLAND NO 34 | 1851 – Overleden 24 Julij 1854. | ↗ |
| Douglas | NURSERIJ | 1851 – 1 juli 1863 | ↗ |
| Douglas | PARADIZE | 1851 – 1 juli 1863 | ↗ |
| Glasford | SARAH | 1851 – 1 juli 1863 | ↗ |
| Douglas | SARAH | 1851 – 1 juli 1863 | ↗ |
| Glasford 2 | SARAH | 1851 – 1 juli 1863 | ↗ |
| Douglas | WATERLOO | 1851 – 1 juli 1863 | ↗ |
| Douglas | — | Ingevolge auth. van de Commissar – Overgeschreven op plantage La Si | ↗ |
| Glasfurd | — | 1830 – 1838 | ↗ |
| Glasfard | — | 1838 – A. Desse bij acte overdragt dd h | ↗ |
| Duglas | — | van G. C. Hampe – Aan G C Hampe | ↗ |
| Glasfurd | — | Verkregen van de geëxisteerd heb – 1848 | ↗ |
| Duglas | — | 1848 – 1851 | ↗ |
| Duglas | — | 1851 – overleden 8 Julij 1851. | ↗ |
| Glasfurd | — | 1851 – overleden 13 mei 1860. | ↗ |
🗄 Search Glas in open archives
Directly searchable collections from Dutch archives and museums.
Slavery & emancipation
📜 Slave register 1830–1863 (NA)
⛓ Emancipated 1863 (NA)
📃 Manumissions 1832–1863 (NA)
🌴 Maroons & Bushinengue (NA)
🚢 Slave Voyages (TASTD)
✡️ Jewish/Sephardic (Robles de Medina, Nassy, Pinto, da Costa, ...)
🕯 Jewish Cultural Quarter
🏛 Jewish Historical Museum
⚱ Beth Haim Ouderkerk
🏛 Jodensavanne Foundation
🌐 JewishGen — worldwide
Civil registry, church & notarial records
🏛 Civil registry Suriname
⛪ DTB registers Suriname
✝ EBG / Moravian Brethren (Utrecht)
🗄 Amsterdam City Archive (notarial)
Indentured labour & immigration
International databases
Genealogy & community
👪 SurinameseGenealogy.nl
📖 Surinamistiek — family names
📚 Surinamica.nl
🌴 Suriname Heritage Guide
🕊 NiNsee
🗺 Mapping Slavery
👤 Denie Kasan
💬 Stamboek Forum
Newspapers & other sources
📰 Delpher newspapers (1700–1995)
🗄 National Archives Suriname
📕 West-Indische Gids
📖 Buku Bibliotheca
✒ Caraïbische Letteren
External collections are maintained by third parties. Hits are name-based and may not all refer to this specific plantation — always verify in the source.