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Denis van Meteren¹

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12/11/2014

Slave Transactions

Pieter van Ceylon was sold by Jacob Does to Joachim Blank on 28 March 1662. Böeseken says he was given into the custody of Denis van Meteren on the Marsseveen who was to hand him over to his new owner on their arrival at the Cape. Hattingh's transcription is somewhat different: De Meteren purchased Pieter from Does in Batavia, on condition he would sell Pieter for the same amount to Blanck on his arrival at the Cape. The purchase price in both instances was Rds. 50.^2,3

Citations

[S418] Anna J. Böeseken, Slaves and Free Blacks at the Cape 1658-1700 (Cape Town: Tafelberg, 1977), p. 125. 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. 125.28.3.1662, n. p. 48: Pieter from Ceylon, sold to Jacob Does in Batavia for Rds. 50, on condition that Denis van Meteren, a junior merchant on the Marsseveen, would hand the slave over to Jochem Blanck upon arrival at the Cape.
[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): 28.3.1662 CTD 2, p.48
Denis de Meteren, onderkoopman op die retoerskip Marseveen, verkoop aan Jochim Blanck, dispensier in die fort, die slaaf Pieter van Ceylon, wat hy te Batavia aan Jacob Does aldaar verkoop het (sic.) vir 50 Rds op die voorwaarde om die slaaf aan die Kaap aan Blanck af te gee vir dieselfde bedrag. [Geen ouderdom vermeld.]. Hereinafter cited as "Kaapse noteriële stukke waarin slawe van vryburgers en amptenare vermeld word (1658 - 1730? 1670)."