Johannis Marius Mehciz, a tailor, gains freedom

Jansie was manumitted on 2 July 1844. The archive records her as the daughter of Louisa van Muller and notes a 200-guilder surety. The record offers a fragment of maternal genealogy, but its...

A certificate recorded on 31 December 1846 recognized Manus Besel as free. The archival entry says he came from the French brig La Legere and identifies the document as a manumission certificate for a...

The index records the manumission of Sophietje, later listed as Emelina Sophia Reewe, on 8 June 1858. Born in 1856, she was the daughter of Truytje. Her owner, S.L. Reewer, requested freedom for...

Johan was recorded as manumitted on 15 October 1858. Born around 1847, he was a child when freed, and the archive names Saraatje as his mother. The request was made by I.A. Alvares while J.C. Anches...

A proposal to abolish slavery in Suriname was presented to the Dutch parliament on 25 October 1858. Its title linked emancipation to ensuring an adequate supply of immigrant contract workers. This...

A record dated 12 May 1862 lists Doris, registered as Theodorus Stam, as manumitted from the government-owned plantation Catharina Sophia. Born in 1808, he had lived most of his life under slavery...

Parliamentary records identify 1–6 July 1862 as the opening stretch of deliberations. The government tied abolition to slaveholder compensation, recruitment of contract labor, and ten years of state...

The manumission index records Alida Philippina, formerly Alyda Philippina, as freed on 19 July 1862. Born in 1792, she was about seventy. The archive says W. Huisen requested her freedom and was...

The Dutch emancipation law was promulgated on 8 August 1862, setting 1 July 1863 as the date slavery would formally end. In Suriname, the statute compensated enslavers while freed people received no...

A resolution dated 11 September 1862 records the manumission of Harry Joseph (enslaved name Henry, born 1861) and his brother Philip Albert (born 1859). Both were identified as sons of Johanna...