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Titus van der Kust Coromandel¹

M, #14383, b. circa 1668

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Last Edited

12/03/2015

BirthOrigin*

Titus was from Coromandel Coast and may have been born there circa 1668.¹

Slave Transactions

On 3 February 1688 Aron van der Kust Coromandel, Bastiaan van der Kust Coromandel and Titus van der Kust Coromandel and Maria van der Kust Coromandel were sold by Christiaan Jörg to Cornelis Linnes, for Rds. 40, Rds. 40, Rds. 40 and Rds. 46 respectively.²

Citations

[S418] Anna J. Böeseken, Slaves and Free Blacks at the Cape 1658-1700 (Cape Town: Tafelberg, 1977), p.151.. 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.151. 3.2.1688, pp. 31-32: Aron from Coromandel (30), Bastiaan from Coromandel (14), Titus from Coromandel (20), and Maria from CoromandeI (10), sold by Christiaan Juriaense (signature Jörg), first mate of the Danish ship Antoinette, to Cornelis Theunis for Rds. 40, Rds. 40, Rds. 40 and Rds. 46 respectively. [DR: In Changing Hands, Robert Shell notes that the purchaser in this transaction was Cornelis Linnes. I have been unable to identify the Cornelis Theunis referred to by Anna Böeseken, and until evidence to contrary surfaces, have assumed Shell to be correct.]