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Robert Carus¹

M, #15369, b. circa 1630

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Last Edited

26/11/2014

Birth*

Robert Carus was born circa 1630.¹

Slave Transactions

Scipio Africanus van de Kust Malabar was hired out by Robert Carus, to Angela van Bengale on 29 March 1668, for a monthly fee of f 5. The parties were to be monitored by the fiscal, Cornelis de Cretser.^1,2

Citations

[S418] Anna J. Böeseken, Slaves and Free Blacks at the Cape 1658-1700 (Cape Town: Tafelberg, 1977), p. 127. 29.3.1668, pp. 223-224: Scipio Africanus from the Coast of Malabar, given in hire by Robert Carus, skipper of 'f Wapen van Middelburg to Angela of Bengal for f5 a month. The fiscal, Cornelis de Cretser, was to keep a watchful eye on both parties of the contract.. Hereinafter cited as Slaves and Free Blacks at the Cape 1658-1700.
[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): 29.3.1668 CTD 3, p.223
Robert Carus, skipper van die ‘t Wapen van Middelburg, gee Cornelis de Cretser, fiskaal, opdrag om toesig te hou oor die Bengaalse jonge Scipio Africanus van die Kus van Malabaar wat teen f 5 per maand aan Angela van Bengale verhuur is, veral as hy hom nie gedra soos behoort of deur Angela goed behandel word nie in welke geval hy hom dan aan iemand anders of in sy eie diens kan plaas. [Geen ouderdom vermeld.]. Hereinafter cited as "Kaapse noteriële stukke waarin slawe van vryburgers en amptenare vermeld word (1658 - 1730? 1670)."