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Colonial Exhibition

1 October 1883
Jacqueline Ricket, 1883

From: Les Habitants de Suriname, notes receuillies à l'exposition coloniale d'Amsterdam en 1883, Roland Bonaparte (Paris 1884)

Source: 
AB L13/42

The first 'International Colonial and Export Exhibition', a type of World Fair, was held in Amsterdam from May 1 until October 1, 1883 adjacent to the Rijksmuseum. A few Surinamese were presented at the exhibition, including mrs Jacqueline Ricket and her little daughter Lina. They were photographed and 'documented for scholarly research' by Roland Bonaparte, a second cousin of Napoleon. 
Jacqueline Ricket was born as a slave in 1861 at 'Paradise' Plantation in the province of Nickerie. She and her mother Paulina, a field worker, were emancipated in 1863. In the 1880's Jacqueline was a fruit vendor in Paramaribo.

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