Mary's Hope
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Mary's Hope is a village in the Welgelegen resort of the Coronie District of Suriname. The village can be accessed from the East-West Link.{{cite web|last1=Plan Bureau| url=https://www.planningofficesuriname.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/STRUCTUUR-ANALYSE-IV.pdf|title=Planning Office Suriname - Districts 2009-2013|website=Planning Office Suriname|year=2014|language=nl|page=82}}
Overview
Mary's Hope started in 1817 as a slave plantation, producing cotton, owned by Edward Conolly{{cite web|url=https://www.surinameplantages.com/archief/m/maryshope |title=Plantage Mary's Hope|website=Suriname Plantages|access-date=27 February 2021|language=nl}} who was originally from Ireland. 138 people were enslaved on the plantation at the time of the emancipation of slavery in 1863. Later, the plantation changed ownership several times, and was in a neglected state. In 1872, Mary's Hope was the fourth largest settlement in the district of Coronie.{{cite web|url=http://www.coronie.nl/wordpress/?page_id=47 |title=Mary's hope|website=Coronie.nl|access-date=27 February 2021|language=nl}}
On 15 December 1874, land was donated to a Roman Catholic mission to build a school, a church and a rectory. In 1875, a little church was built. In 1884, Peter Donders was the parson, and Mary's Hope had developed into the most important parish in Coronie. In 1892, the Church of Immaculate Conception was constructed. The church was built by Frans Harmes who also constructed the cathedral in Paramaribo.{{cite web|url=https://www.suriname.nu/175alg/coronie01.html |title=Distrikt Coronie|website=Suriname.nu|access-date=27 February 2021|language=nl}}
In 1922, Father J. de Kort embarked on a plan to create a rice polder. In 1935, the Sint Jozef vereniging was founded, a cooperation of rice growers,{{cite magazine|author=G. van Kempen|year=1992|title=ONTSTAAN EN ONTWIKKELING VAN DE ST. JOZEF POLDER|series=Kronieken 1842 R.K gemeente Coronie|url=https://coronie.eu/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/Ontstaan%20en%20Ontwikkeling%20Van%20de%20ST%20JOZEFPOLDER%20(%20Kronieken%20RK%20Kerk%20Coronie).pdf |website=Coronie.eu|access-date=27 February 2021|language=nl}} and Mary's Hope has developed as a rice growing community.{{cite news|url=https://www.delpher.nl/nl/kranten/view?coll=ddd&identifier=ddd:011218374:mpeg21:a0042&resultsidentifier=ddd:011218374:mpeg21:a0042&rowid=4 |title=Coronie Nieuws|website=De Surinamer via Delpher.nl|date=16 November 1946|access-date=27 February 2021|language=nl}}
The village is connected to the electricity grid, but has no telephone connection.
References
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Category:Populated places in Coronie District
Category:Plantations in Suriname
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