#62ONVERWACHT & DUISBURG
Houtgrond aan het gedolven Kanaal-van-Poelepantje [links uit de Suriname komende]; grenzend stroomopwaarts aan de houtgrond het Achterland-va n-Onverwacht, stroomafwaarts aan de kostgrond Half-Flora-en-Zorg-en-Hoop. Eigenaar de boedel J.E. van Onna. De erfgenaam daarvan is F.J.L.R. van Onna (woonplaats niet genoemd).
Location
5.7012, -55.1982 · Open in Google Maps
History
ONVERWACHT & DUISBURG was a Surinamese plantation in the Beneden-para region.
In 1863, the year of emancipation, 9 enslaved people were registered at ONVERWACHT & DUISBURG. 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 Fanoena Winstijn.
Automatically composed from primary data (NA Slave Register & plantation records). Manually curated history follows.
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