First Fifty Years - a project collating Cape of Good Hope records

Joost van Madagascar¹

M, #13733, b. circa 1659

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Last Edited

12/03/2016

Birth*

Joost van Madagascar was born circa 1659 in Madagascar.^2,1

Slave Transactions

Joost van Madagascar and Aran van Madagascar were sold by Adriaen van Asperen, to Wouter Mostert on 24 March 1677, for Rds. 55.^3,4
On 10 November 1679 Joost van Madagascar was sold by Hester Weijers to Guillaume Heems de Caep de Goede Hoop, for Rds. 90.¹

Citations

[S418] Anna J. Böeseken, Slaves and Free Blacks at the Cape 1658-1700 (Cape Town: Tafelberg, 1977), p.138; 10.11.1679: Joost from Madagascar, sold by Hester van Lier, the widow of Wouter Mostaert, to Guilliam Eems [Heems] for Rds. 90.. Hereinafter cited as Slaves and Free Blacks at the Cape 1658-1700.
[S21] Date estimated by compiler, Delia Robertson and, unless there is corroborating information, should not be considered as anything more than a guide.
[S418] Anna J. Böeseken, Slaves and Free Blacks at the Cape 1658-1700, p. 133, 24.03.1677: Joost and Aran from Madagscar, sold by skipper Adriaan van Asperen to Wouter Mostaert for Rds. 55.
[S607] J.L. (Leon) Hattingh, "Kaapse notariële stukke waarin slawe van vryburgers en amptenare vermeld word (II), Die tweede Dekade 1671-1680", Kronos (Die notariële stukke II) 15 (1999): 24.3.1677 [Verlore, TS I]
Skipper Adriaan van Asperen verkoop aan Wouter Mostaert die slawe Joost en Aran van Madagaskar vir 55 Rds.. Hereinafter cited as "Die notariële stukke II."