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Paul van Madagascar¹

M, #14139, b. circa 1671

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Last Edited

19/03/2015

BirthOrigin*

Paul was from Madagascar and was perhaps born there circa 1671.¹

Slave Transactions

On 28 August 1690 Paul van Madagascar was sold from the estate of Leendert Jansz van Gijselen by Fredrick Russouw de Wit and Jan Dircks de Beer to Hendrick Cornelis for Rds. 107.^2,3

Citations

[S418] Anna J. Böeseken, Slaves and Free Blacks at the Cape 1658-1700 (Cape Town: Tafelberg, 1977), p.157.. Hereinafter cited as Slaves and Free Blacks at the Cape 1658-1700.
[S418] Anna J. Böeseken, Slaves and Free Blacks at the Cape 1658-1700, p.157. 28.8.1690, pp. 20--21: Paul from Madagascar (19), sold by Jan Dircx de Beer and Frederick Russouw de Wit out of the estate of the late Leendert van Gijselen for Rds. 107.
[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), Sequence IDNO:       0745
Slaves First Name:       Paul
Presumed Place Of Origin:       van Madagascar
Day Of Sale:       28
Month Of Sale:       8
Year Of Sale:       1690
Type Of Sale:       Domestic
Type Of Name:       Christian
Continental Origin Code:       Mada&Mau
Slaves Age:       19
Slaves Gender:       Male
Price In Rixdollars:       107
Sellers Last Name:       Van Gijselen
Sellers First Name:       Leendert
Sellers Civil Status:       burgher
Sellers Gender:       Male
Sellers Domicile:       Liesbeeck valley
Sellers Occupation:       Market Gardener
Buyers Last Name:       Cornelis
Buyers First Name:       Hendrik
Buyers Civil Status:       burgher
Buyers Gender:       Male
Buyers Domicile:       Cape district
Buyers Occupation:       farmer
Primary Reference:       Member of orphan chamber. Hereinafter cited as Changing Hands.