EVENT INFORMATION

12
Novèmber
1833

Alexander Hendrik Overwoud gains legal freedom

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📅 12 Novèmber 1833 📍 Sürnam

A colonial record dated 12 November 1833 lists the manumission of Alexander, registered under the later name Alexander Hendrik Overwoud. It names his owner, Alex. Cornelis Schutte, and records a 300-guilder bond. Such files make individual acts of freedom traceable while revealing the financial and administrative controls placed around them.

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Personanan den e suseso aki

Alexander Hendrik Overwoud

Organisashonnan den e Evento aki

Alex. Cornelis Schutte

colonial government of Suriname