Friendship, Suriname
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Friendship is a town in the Coronie district in Suriname
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It originally was an old plantation, one of the many plantations that lay alongside the East West Connection from Nickerie
to Paramaribo
. From East to West these are:
These plantations were built arount 1880 by Scottish
and English
settlers.
Suriname
Suriname , officially the Republic of Suriname , is a country in northern South America. It borders French Guiana to the east, Guyana to the west, Brazil to the south, and on the north by the Atlantic Ocean. Suriname was a former colony of the British and of the Dutch, and was previously known as...
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It originally was an old plantation, one of the many plantations that lay alongside the East West Connection from Nickerie
Nickerie
Nickerie may refer to one of the following locations in Suriname:* Nickerie District* Nickerie River...
to Paramaribo
Paramaribo
Paramaribo is the capital and largest city of Suriname, located on banks of the Suriname River in the Paramaribo District. Paramaribo has a population of roughly 250,000 people, more than half of Suriname's population...
. From East to West these are:
- Inverness
- Hamilton
- Welgelegen
- Hague
- Bellevue
- Mary's Hope
- Totness
- Friendship
- Corona
- Bantaskine
- Belladrum
- Johanna Maria
- Novar
- Clyde
- Burnside
- Oxford
- Bucklebury
These plantations were built arount 1880 by Scottish
Scottish people
The Scottish people , or Scots, are a nation and ethnic group native to Scotland. Historically they emerged from an amalgamation of the Picts and Gaels, incorporating neighbouring Britons to the south as well as invading Germanic peoples such as the Anglo-Saxons and the Norse.In modern use,...
and English
English people
The English are a nation and ethnic group native to England, who speak English. The English identity is of early mediaeval origin, when they were known in Old English as the Anglecynn. England is now a country of the United Kingdom, and the majority of English people in England are British Citizens...
settlers.