Deuxsous van Guinea1

M, #13905, b. circa 1628

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Last Edited02/01/2016
Birth*Deuxsous van Guinea was born circa 1628 in Guinea.2,1
 

Family

Christijn van Angola b. c 1648
Child
(Slave) ShipVoyage On 10 September 1657 the Hasselt departed the Cape (after an earlier false start) for Angola and the coast of 'Guinea' with orders to acquire slaves for the Cape. They had been deterred from attempting to purchase slaves at the bay of Luanda de St. Paulo by the presence of four other ships anchored there, and sailed on. They went first to Cape Lopez on the Gabonese coast for water and wood, and then proceeded to Andra, a slave-trading centre on the coast of upper Guinea. The vessel arrives at the Cape with 226 or 228 [different figures recorded contemporaneously] remaining from 271 originally embarked. Forty three or 45 died enroute and some women were already pregnant according to a later account. Eighty of the best 'Guinea' slaves were sent on to Batavia, and at the Cape a few abscond and many succomb to illness — by 5 March 1659 only 41 remain. The slaves had been purchased at what is now Grand Popo in present day Benin and would have come from as far afield as Sudan. The Hasslt arrived back at the Cape on 6 May 1658 and its slave cargo was discharged the following day. The following slaves would most likely have been among those who survived at the Cape: Abraham van Guinea, Adouke van Guinea, Anna van Guinea, Claas van Guinea, Deuxsous van Guinea, Evert van Guinea, Koddo van Guinea, Louis van Guinea, Maria van Guinea, Oude Hans van Guinea, Pieter van Guinea, Regina van Rapenberg van Guinea and Gegeima van Guinea.3,4 
Slave TransactionsOn 28 September 1661 Marij van de Caep was sold by Johan Anthoniszoon van Riebeeck, to Abraham Gabbema de Caep de Goede Hoop, she would have been less than 3 years old and was sold away from her mother Christijn van Angola and her father Deuxsous van Guinea.5,6
On 18 December 1662 Deuxsous van Guinea was sold by Thomas Christoffel Müller to Wouter Mostert de Caep de Goede Hoop.7
Slaves owned by individualsBetween 6 May 1658 and 18 September 1659 Dirk van Guinea and Deuxsous van Guinea were owned by Johan Anthoniszoon van Riebeeck.8

Citations

  1. [S418] Anna J. Böeseken, Slaves and Free Blacks at the Cape 1658-1700 (Cape Town: Tafelberg, 1977), p. 125: 18.9.1659, I p. 127: "Oude Hans and Jajenne" both from Guinea, belonging to Jan van Riebeeck, are exchanged by him for Jackie Joy and Jan Meeuw from Angola, respectively 12 and 13 years old, who had been the property of Thomas Muller and Jochem Elbertsz.. Hereinafter cited as Slaves and Free Blacks at the Cape 1658-1700.
  2. [S21] Date estimated by compiler, Delia Robertson and, unless there is corroborating information, should not be considered as anything more than a guide.
  3. [S810] Mansell Upham 'At Earth's Extremest End… Op 't eijnde van de Aerd … The genealogical impact of the 'Angola' & 'Guinea' slaves at the Cape of Good Hope in the 17th century', First Fifty Years, Uprooted Lives - Unfurling the Cape of Good Hope's Earliest Colonial Inhabitants (1652-1713), (http://e-family.co.za/ffy/ui66.htm), August 2014. "pp. 5, 22-27."
  4. [S418] Anna J. Böeseken, Slaves and Free Blacks at the Cape 1658-1700, pp.10, 12.
  5. [S418] Anna J. Böeseken, Slaves and Free Blacks at the Cape 1658-1700, p.125, 28.9.1661, I, p. 278: Mary, child of Deuxsous from Guinea and Christijn from Angola, sold by Jan van Riebeeck to Abraham Gabbema. Age and price not mentioned in the document.
  6. [S853] J.L. (Leon) Hattingh, "Kaapse noteriële stukke waarin slawe van vryburgers en amptenare vermeld word (1658 - 1730? 1670)", Kronos - Kaapse noteriële stukke waarin slawe van vryburgers en amptenare vermeld word (1658 - 1730? 1670) 15 (1988): 28.9.1661     CTD I, p.278 [Verlore.]
    Jan van Riebeeck, kommandeur, verkoop aan Abraham Gabbema, fiskaal, die ‘slavinnetjie’ Marij, hier gebore van ‘n Guineese slaaf Deuxsous en sy eie Angolese slavin Christijn. [Geen ouderdom of bedrag vermeld.]. Hereinafter cited as "Kaapse noteriële stukke waarin slawe van vryburgers en amptenare vermeld word (1658 - 1730? 1670)."
  7. [S418] Anna J. Böeseken, Slaves and Free Blacks at the Cape 1658-1700, p. 125: 18.12.1662: "Oude Hans" from Guinea, sold by Thomas Christoffel Muller to Wouter Cornelis Mostaert.
  8. [S676] Attestation, C2391; Council of Policy, 4 September1652-6 February 1660, Western Cape Archives and Records Service as transcribed and annotated by Mansell Upham, Cape Archives (CA): C 2391 (Council of Policy: Attestations 4 September 1652- 6 February 1660)

    [pp. 86-87] [pp. 119-120] transcribed by Mansell Upham



    87

    Wij ondergeschreven certificeren dat den Commande:[u]r Jan van Riebeeck met onse kennisse ende wetenschap van d’e:[dele] Comp:[agi]e heeft gecoght 4 Guinees slaven ende 2 d:[it]o slavinnen neffens oock 3 Angoolse slaven ende 4 dito slavinnen conform ‘t geboeckte inde negotieboecken onder dato ultima April,10 Maij ende ul:[tima] Xb:[e]r 1658 sijnde te samen, 13 stux lijfeijgenen van welcke voorsz: 6 Guineese slaven dito Commande:[u]r d’e:[dele] Comp:[agni]e heeft verder gelevert 3 stux ende in mangerlinge daer tegen weder gevenen 3 Angoolse te weten 2 jongens genaemt Tomas Keuken ende Claes Kelder met een jongen slaventien genaempt Marij Pekenijn Item verruijlt een paer ander Guineese slaven aen de vrij saldanhavaerders tegen 2 Angoolse jongens vandeselve genaempt Jan Meeuw ende Jackie Joij mitsgaders gecogt van Casper Brinckman een Guinees slaef sulx hij hier ‘t 14 stux gefoedt door van hem een ouloopen sij onder volgens dien jegenwoordigt op dato noch heeft 13 stux soo Guinees als Angools, namentl:[ijc]k

                                  Guinees
    Dirck ende Dirckie            


                                  Angools
    Hier onder heeft den Commandeur een Angools tegen een Madagascarsz slavin die per abujis onder d’Angoolse na Bat:a[via] gesonden is
                                  
    Mathijs en: Marselij [Claesje?]
    Domingo en: Francyn
    Tomas Keuken ende Marij
    Klaes Kelder
    Jan Meeu     en: Marij Pekenijn
    Jackie Joij
    Ouwe Jan     en Isabel

    Meijndert van Antongil                becoming van den Coopman Cops

    Marij van Bengale [Maria da Costa[:ITAL          door Jacob Reijniersz op Batavia laten                                    coopen aen de heer gesonden

    Domingo.
  9. [S418] Anna J. Böeseken, Slaves and Free Blacks at the Cape 1658-1700, p.125, 28.9.1661, I, p. 278: Mary, child of Deuzsous from Guinea and Christijn from Angola, sold by Jan van Riebeeck to Abraham Gabbema. Age and price not mentioned in the document.
 

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