Adam van Malabar1

M, #13654, b. circa 1677

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Last Edited27/06/2017
BirthOrigin*Adam was from the Malabar Coast and was perhaps born there circa 1677. He was said to be 20 years old in 1697.2 
Slave TransactionsOn 25 June 1697 Adam van Malabar and Tamar van Tambora were sold by Cornelis Keeleman to Christoph Grünewaldt de Caep de Goede Hoop, for Rds. 60 and Rds. 70, respectively.1,3,4
Slaves owned by individualsBefore 25 June 1697 Adam van Malabar was.1

Citations

  1. [S432] Robert C-H Shell compiler, Changing Hands, A calendar of bondage in southern Africa, 1550 to 1888, CD-ROM; ISBN 1-86918-063-1; (Cape Town: Ancestry24, September 2007), 1227, Adam
    Sequence IDNO: 1227
    Slaves First Name: Adam
    Presumed Place Of Origin: Van Malabar
    Day Of Sale: 25
    Month Of Sale: 6
    Year Of Sale: 1697
    Type Of Sale: Oceanic
    Type Of Name: Old Testament
    Continental Origin Code: Indian Sub Continent
    Slaves Age: 20
    Slaves Gender: Male
    Price In Rixdollars: 60
    Sellers Last Name: Keeleman
    Sellers First Name: Cornelis
    Sellers Civil Status: VOC employee
    Sellers Gender: Male
    Sellers Domicile: Transit-at sea
    Sellers Occupation: Skipper
    Buyers Last Name: Groenewald
    Buyers First Name: Christoffel
    Buyers Civil Status: burgher
    Buyers Gender: Male
    Buyers Domicile: Table valley
    Buyers Occupation: blacksmith
    Primary Reference: Transporten en Scheepeniskennis. Hereinafter cited as Changing Hands.
  2. [S418] Anna J. Böeseken, Slaves and Free Blacks at the Cape 1658-1700 (Cape Town: Tafelberg, 1977), p. 179.. Hereinafter cited as Slaves and Free Blacks at the Cape 1658-1700.
  3. [S432] Robert C-H Shell compiler, Changing Hands, Sequence IDNO: 1230
    Slaves First Name: Tamar
    Presumed Place Of Origin: Van Tambur
    Day Of Sale: 25
    Month Of Sale: 6
    Year Of Sale: 1697
    Type Of Sale: Oceanic
    Type Of Name: Autochthonous
    Continental Origin Code: Indonesian Archipelago
    Slaves Age: 22
    Slaves Gender: Female
    Price In Rixdollars: 70
    Sellers Last Name: Keeleman
    Sellers First Name: Cornelis
    Sellers Civil Status: VOC employee
    Sellers Gender: Male
    Sellers Domicile: Transit-at sea
    Sellers Occupation: Skipper
    Buyers Last Name: Groenewald
    Buyers First Name: Christoffel
    Buyers Civil Status: burgher
    Buyers Gender: Male
    Buyers Domicile: Table valley
    Buyers Occupation: blacksmith
    Primary Reference: Transporten en Scheepeniskennis.
  4. [S418] Anna J. Böeseken, Slaves and Free Blacks at the Cape 1658-1700, p. 179. 25.6.1697, p. 224 (verso): Adam from Malabar (20) and Tamar from Tambora (22), sold by Cornelis Keeleman, skipper on the Spiegel, for Rds. 60.
 

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