Majoie’s enslaved foremothers all come from plantations owned by Anthony Dessé. Christina [=slave-name] works until 1863 together with her mother Auba [=slave-name] on the plantation Leasowes (Coronie), both born into slavery. (Sometimes the name is written as Acuba.) According to the archives of the Evangelical Brotherhood of Surinam (EBGS), Auba’s partner is Philippus Bernhard. It is not clear whether he is the biological father of Christina. After the abolition of slavery in 1863, mother and daughter were named Auba Carolina Rogers and Clementina Christina Rogers respectively.
Until 1873, enslaved people were forced to live under state supervision. According to her family, Christina moves to the plantation Good Intent (Nickerie, also owned by A. Dessé). Charles or Charley [slave name] is ‘domestic servant’ on Plaisance (Nickerie), in 1858 Dessé buys him free. From then on his name was Charles Esse (also called Essed in the EBGS archives). He married Christina Clementina in March 1889 and died the same year. His stepdaughter Carolina Batseba (aka Beatsheba) Andresa Rogers receives his surname. Her biological father is according to the books of the EBG): Jantje Boorleder.This could be the former enslaved Jacobus Adolf Boerleider (1845-?), son of Lea (later Lea Boerleider (ca. 1817-1879), who gained freedom in 1859.