What was the former name of Surinam?
Surinam (Dutch colony) July 1667, and again confirmed in the Treaty of Westminster of 1674. After the other Dutch colonies in the Guianas, i.e., Berbice, Essequibo, Demerara, and Pomeroon, were lost to the British in 1814, the remaining colony of Surinam was often referred to as Dutch Guiana, especially after 1831, when the British merged Berbice, Essequibo, and Demerara into British Guiana. As the term Dutch Guiana was used in the 17th and 18th to refer to all Dutch colonies in the Guianas, this use of the term can be confusing (see below). The colonization of Surinam is marked by slavery. Plantations relied
HMS Surinam (1805) of Guyana. In August 1812 "Surinam" was in company with when they captured four American vessels: Watt died in September 1813 on his passage home after eight years in the West Indies. On 6 September 1812, "Surinam" was near Surinam when she encountered the American privateer "Montgomery", which was under the command of Captain Upton. "Montgomery" was armed with two long 12-pounder guns and ten 6-pounders. "Surinam" gave chase until a shot from "Montgomery" struck and so weakened "Surinam"s foremast that she gave up the pursuit. "Surinam" encountered the American privateer "Governor Tompkins", of ten 9-pounder guns and 90 men,