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Diana van Bengale¹

F, #15332, b. circa 1642

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Last Edited

23/01/2016

BirthOrigin*

Diana was from Bengal and may have been born there circa 1642.²

Names in the record, in publications, etc.

15 May 1666, the name of Diana was written in the record as Diana van de Kus.²

Slave Transactions

On 15 May 1666 Diana van Bengale was sold by Jacob Cauw to Augustinus Boccaert, she would have accompanied Cauw and his wife from Batavia as they journeyed back to Patria. She was sold for Rds. 70 and was to be sold back to either of the couple should they return to the East.³

Citations

[S418] Anna J. Böeseken, Slaves and Free Blacks at the Cape 1658-1700 (Cape Town: Tafelberg, 1977), p. 126.. 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. 126. 15.5.1666, III, p. 100: Diana from Bengal, known as Diana from the Coast. sold by Admiral Jacob Cauw to Augustijn Boccaert. If Admiral Cauw or his wife should return to the East, Diana was to be sold back into their service. The price paid was Rds. 70.
[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): 15.5.1666 CTD 3, p.100
Die edele heer Jacob Cauw, admiraal van die retoervloot en kommissaris, verkoop aan Augustijn Boccaert, boekhouer, die Bengaalse slavin Diana van die Kus vir 70 Rds op die voorwaarde dat as Cauw of sy vrou weer die Kaap sou aandoen hulle die slavin vir dieselfde bedrag mag terugneem.. Hereinafter cited as "Kaapse noteriële stukke waarin slawe van vryburgers en amptenare vermeld word (1658 - 1730? 1670)."