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Vryheid

British Guiana | Berbice

Estate Details

Associated People (1)

The dates listed below have different categories as denoted by the letters in the brackets following each date. Here is a key to explain those letter codes:

  • SD - Association Start Date
  • SY - Association Start Year
  • EA - Earliest Known Association
  • ED - Association End Date
  • EY - Association End Year
  • LA - Latest Known Association
1817 [EA] - 1831 [LA] → Owner
Wolfert Katz

Associated Claims (1)

British Guiana 479 (Vryheid)
£17,972 0S 4D

Estate Information (5)

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1794
[Name] Vryheid  
 

Plantagie de Vryheid. Eigneaar [owner] de Erven [heirs] J.H. van Kinsbergen; Adminis. D.B. Bourgeois; Directeur C.H. Wessel. Under the sub-heading 'Gelegen [situated] in Rio Canje.'

 
Naam-Lyst der Bestierders, officieren, bediendens en plantagien op de colonie de Berbice (Amsterdam, 1794) [transcribed by Paul Koulen, 2011] p. 14
1818
[Number of enslaved people] 401(Tot) 183(F) 218(M)  
[Name] De Vryheid  
 

Return of slaves attached to Plantation de Vryheid situate on the bank of Canje River the property of Wolfert Katz [signed by W. Katz, 24/12/1817].

 
T71/437 178-182
1825
[Number of enslaved people] 386(Tot)  
[Name] Vryheid  
 

Return of slaves the property of Wolfert Katz attached to Plan. Vryheid. Return by W. Katz. 369 + 54 (26m 28f) - 37 (20m 17f) = 386

 
T71/442 469-474
1828
[Number of enslaved people] 379(Tot)  
[Name] Vryheid  
 

The property of Wolfert Katz, made by W. Katz (although G. Lowenfeld apparently signed).

 
T71/443 55-58
1831
[Number of enslaved people] 347(Tot)  
[Name] Vryheid  
 

The property of Wolfert Katz, attached to Pln Vryheid, made by W. Katz

 
T71/444 277-280