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Susanna du Plessis, or ''Maria Susanna Duplessis'' (Paramaribo 1739 – Paramaribo 1795) was a Dutch plantation owner in Dutch Surinam. She is a legendary figure in the history of Surinam, where she has become a metaphor of a cruel and sadistic slave owner. She is the subject of songs, plays, fairy tales and legends as well as books. Susanna was the daughter of Dutch lawyer Solomon du Plessis and the plantation owner Johanna Margaretha van Strijp. She descended form French Huguenot refugees. She married in 1754 at the age of 15 to Frans Laurens Willem Grand; he died early, the marriage having produced no children. She was a plantation owner at age 23. In 1767 she marries Frederik Cornelis Stolkert, son of Elisabeth Buys and 8 years younger than Susanna. Susaana du Plessis was a successful plantation owner who created a fortune on her plantations, which she managed personally, as she had secured the right to manage her own property in her marriage contract. They (divorced in 1783) because Susanna accuses Frederik of cruelty, and claims she fears for her life. She then moved to the capital Paramaribo. Already during her own lifetime, she was mentioned, though not by name, in publications describing the cruelty of slavery, which contributed to the anti-slavery movement. She allegedly drowned the baby of one of her slaves because it wouldn't stop crying. The most famous story about her cruelty is about the mulatto slave concubine of her husband, Alida, whose breasts she allegedly cut of and served to her husband at dinner. There is however no confirmation of any of the stories told about her sadistic treatment of her slaves. It is plausible that she was the subject of a smearcampaign by her ex-husband and the governor, who had been a political advisory to her father. She died in 1795 and was buried at the gravesite "De Oude Oranjetuin" in Paramaribo. Her tombstone reads: "Finally I have come to rest". It was placed in the floor of the Reformed church in Paramaribo in 1835. == References == * (Digitaal Vrouwenlexicon van Nederland ) * Ellen Ombre, ‘Flarden’, in: Idem, Maalstroom (Amsterdam 1992) (verhaal ). * Egmond Codfried, ‘Maria Suzanne Duplessis’, in: Hollandse Nieuwe 5 (Amsterdam 2001) 120-153 (). * Philip Dikland, ‘Koffieplantage Nijd en Spijt aan de Commewijnerivier’, op: http://nationaalarchief.sr (oktober 2006). * Egmond Codfried, ‘Maria Susanna Du Plessis (1739-1795). Dader of slachtoffer?’, Weekkrant Suriname (5 juni, 26 juni en 3 juli 2002). * Egmond Codfried, Maria Susanna du Plessis (1739-1795): dader of slachtoffer? (Den Haag 2003). * Hilde Neus-van der Putten, Susanna du Plessis. Portret van een slavenmeesteres (Amsterdam/Paramaribo 2003). * Slaven en hun meesteres. Suriname in de achttiende eeuw (2004) (bij de tentoonstelling ‘Susanna du Plessis, portret van een slavenmeesteres’, uitgegeven door de Stichting Surinaams Museum ). 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Susanna du Plessis」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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