Ships that brought Chinese migrants to Suriname
|
Place of departure |
Name ship | Date arrival Suriname | Nr. embarked | Nr. deceased en route | Nr. arrivals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Java |
Merwede | 20-10-1853 | 18 | 4 | 14 |
| Macao | Pahud | 18-04-1858 | 500 | 13 | 487* |
| Hongkong | De Twee Gezusters | 21-04-1865 | - | - | 286 |
| Hongkong | Tricolor | 27-07-1865 | - | - | - |
| Hongkong | Whirlwind | 30-03-1866 | 409 | 5 | 404 |
| Hongkong | Golden Horn | 09-07-1866 | 416 | 16 | 403** |
| Hongkong | Veritas | 28-01-1868 | 534 | 18 | 516 |
| Hongkong | Marie Therese | 28-08-1868 | - | - | - |
| Hongkong | Veritas | 13-05-1869 | 203 | 4 | 199 |
| Java | Ferdinand Brumm | 23-08-1869 | 299 | 93 | 206 |
| Java | Wilde Man | 03-11-1872 | 11 | 11 | |
| Java | Krommenie | 23-09-1872 | 10 | 10 | |
| Java | Kosmopoliet | 06-03-1873 | 13 | 13 | |
| Java | Julius | 21-05-1873 | 5 | 5 | |
| Java | Adriana Johanna | 19-06-1873 | 16 | 16 | |
| Java | Willem Jacobus | 27-08-1873 | 7 | 7 | |
| Java | Kosmopoliet | 12-09-1873 | 17 | 17 | |
| Java | Lida | 05-11-1873 | 18 | 18 | |
| Java | Adriana Johanna | 18-12-1873 | 5 | 5 | |
| Java | Hendrik Daniel | 12-02-1874 | 13 | 13 | |
| Total | 2780 | 153 | 2630 |
Sources
H.D. Benjamins and J.F. Snelleman (eds.), Encyclopaedie van Nederlandsch West-Indië (Den Haag/Leiden: Martinus Nijhoff/E.J. Brill, 1914-1917), 379; Man A Hing, W.L. “Overzicht van de invoer van Chinese contractarbeiders in Suriname,” Mededelingen no. 36 van de Stichting Surinaams Museum (Paramaribo, 1982), 36-52; William Man A. Hing, “Chinese plantage-arbeiders in de negentiende eeuw,” OSO. Tijdschrift voor Surinaamse taalkunde, letterkunde en geschiedenis 19 (2000): 320-329; J. Dewnarain, 1990, bijlage 2; Immigration registers CBB.
* Most authors list the figure of 500. According to Man A Hing (1982, p. 48), the number mentioned in the Encyclopedie van West Indië on p. 379 is correct.
** En route, 3 children were born. (Dewnarain, 1990, Appendix 2)