Katwijk is a coffee plantation and village in the Alkmaar resort of the Commewijne district in Suriname . It is the only coffee plantation in Suriname still in operation. During World War II, Katwijk was an internment camp for prostitutes.
In 1746, the land was sold to 13-year-old Alida Maria Wossink. Wossink married three times and transformed the land into a successful coffee plantation. According to John Gabriel Stedman, she was one of the worst slave owners. In the mid-19th century, the plantation temporarily switched to growing bananas. In the early 20th century, 196 contract workers from Java were hired to work on the plantation.
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