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

Antonij van Soe¹

M, #15293, b. before 7 September 1698

Mother*

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Last Edited

21/07/2017

Birth*

Antonij van Soe was born before 7 September 1698 in Cabo de Goede Hoop.¹

Baptism

Antonij van Soe was baptized on 7 September 1698 Nederduitsche Gereformeede Kerk, (Cape Town).²

RacialDesignation*

On 7 September 1698 Antonij van Soe was described as halfslag, a racial tag meaning he was mixed race, i.e. the father would most likely have been white. For more on the racial and social typecasting of the period, visit this page: Nomenclature & identity tags peculiar to the Cape of Good Hope deriving from an individual’s legal status made for legally-entrenched hierarchic discrimination.¹

Slaves Owned by the Company

On 7 September 1698 Soua van Madagascar and Antonij van Soe were enslaved and owned by the VOC (Vereenigde Oostindische Compagnie) at the Cape.¹

Citations

[S502] Website Family Search (www.familysearch.org).
[S502] Website Family Search (www.familysearch.org) "7 Sept: [1698]
een kint
van Ismijea [Similea?] [van Madagascar] gent. Huijbertje, [Halfslag]
van Flora [van Madagascar] gent. Catrijn, [Heelslag]
van Soer [van Madagascar] gent. Antonij, [Halfslag]
familysearch.org."