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Rojkje van Madagascar¹

M, #13656, b. circa 1678

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Last Edited

28/05/2015

Birth*

Rojkje van Madagascar was born circa 1678 in Madagascar.¹

Slave Transactions

On 23 January 1700 Rojkje van Madagascar was was sold on behalf of Hendrik van der Tijt by Heribert Dompselaar to Christoph Grünewaldt, for Rds. 40.^2,1

Citations

[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), 1680, Rojkje
Sequence IDNO: 1680
Slaves First Name: Rojkje
Presumed Place Of Origin: van Madagascar
Day Of Sale: 23
Month Of Sale: 1
Year Of Sale: 1700
Type Of Name: Autochthonous
Continental Origin Code: Mada&Mau
Slaves Age: 22
Slaves Gender: Male
Price In Rixdollars: 40
Sellers Last Name: Dompselaar
Sellers First Name: Heribert
Sellers Civil Status: VOC employee
Sellers Gender: Male
Sellers Domicile: Table valley
Sellers Occupation: Second Mate
Buyers Last Name: Groenewald
Buyers First Name: Christoffel
Buyers Civil Status: burgher
Buyers Gender: Male
Buyers Domicile: Table valley
Buyers Occupation: blacksmith
Comments And References: Buyer
Primary Reference: Transporten en Scheepeniskennis. Hereinafter cited as Changing Hands.
[S418] Anna J. Böeseken, Slaves and Free Blacks at the Cape 1658-1700 (Cape Town: Tafelberg, 1977), p. 191. 23.1.1700: Rokje from Madagascar (22), sold by Heribertus van Dompselaar on behalf of Hendrik van der Tijt to Christoffel Groenewalt for Rds. 40.. Hereinafter cited as Slaves and Free Blacks at the Cape 1658-1700.