Plantation A La Bonheur Surinam

Yesterday we met Woerden Vlieland a slave who was freed before all the slaves were freed by Manumission, or affranchisement, is the act of an owner freeing his or her slaves.

We know the name of the plantation in Suriname. It was a la Bonheure  or Good Luck as it would be in English .

After it went from a coffeeplantation into an indigo plantation the name changed to Smaradoekoe which is the suriname word for indigo.

Rivier Beneden-
Commewijne, links in 't afvaren. The plantation was on the Crommewijne river on the left side  A la bonne heure. owners H.J. Franken en A. Wildeboer. manager in Suriname A. Wildeboer.

The plantation was on the Crommewijne river on the left side .
The owner was Hendrina Johanna Franke . And later A.Wildeboer .(So far nothing found on them)
Woerden is mentioned on two other plantatations 1,Runawaycamp Weglooperskamp I and
Suzanna's Daal as we can see in the last column of the slaveregister  was found on Fort New Amsterdam.

Voor verdere informatie over de personen met deze achternaam kunt u het archief Suriname en de Nederlandse Antillen: Vrijverklaarde slaven (Emancipatie 1863) raadplegen.