Javanese indentured migration to Suriname (1890–1939)

1. Slavery abolished in Suriname, labor shortages deepen

   Jul 1, 1863Labels: Netherlands, Suriname, Emancipation 1863

   • Britannica

2. Agent-General for immigration appointed in Suriname

   Jan 1, 1872Labels: Agent-General, Surinamese government

   • J C van

3. First Indian contract workers arrive in Suriname

   Jan 1, 1873Labels: Indian indentured, British India

   • RHA
   • Indian Express

4. First Javanese contract migrants reach Paramaribo

   Aug 9, 1890Labels: Javanese migrants, Paramaribo, Mari nburg

   • Suriname nu
   • Javaner DE

5. Colonial government takes over Javanese recruitment

   Jan 1, 1894Labels: Colonial government, Recruitment policy

   • Javanese Surinamese
   • Javanese diaspora

6. Deadly 1894 Voorwaarts voyage exposes transport abuses

   Jun 16, 1894Labels: Voorwaarts, Maritime disaster

   • JavaanseMigratie
   • Suriname nu

7. Javanese workers recruited for Suriname’s Colonial Railways

   Jan 1, 1904Labels: Colonial Railways, Javanese workers

   • Javanese Surinamese

8. World War I disrupts migration routes and recruitment

   Jul 28, 1914Labels: World War, Shipping disruption

   • Javanese diaspora
   • Javanese Surinamese

9. Javanese labor expands beyond plantations into bauxite economy

   Jan 1, 1917Labels: Bauxite industry, Suriname Bauxite

   • Troon
   • Javanese Surinamese

10. 1928 Sembilan voyage illustrates continued mass migration

    Jun 18, 1928Labels: Sembilan, Mass migration

    • Stamboomsuriname

11. Return migration grows as contracts end and families decide

    Jan 1, 1938Labels: Return migration, Javanese diaspora

    • Stamboomsuriname

12. Last official Javanese contract transport arrives in Suriname

    Dec 13, 1939Labels: Final transport, 1939

    • Javanese Surinamese
    • Suriname nu
    • RHA