Cupido van Bengale1

M, #15396, b. between 1658 and 1662

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Last Edited05/03/2016
BirthOrigin*Cupido was from Bengal and may have been born there between 1658 and 1662. He was 10 when sold as a slave in 1672, and 16 when sold in 1674. It should be born in mind that the toponym 'van Bengale' or from Bengal was a term loosely applied during the period of VOC dominance to enslaved or formerly enslaved people from any of the countries bordering the Bay of Bengal.1 
Slave TransactionsOn 29 March 1672 Cupido van Bengale was sold by Lambert van der Heijden to Adriang de Vooght, for Rds. 45.2,3
On 15 February 1674 Cupido van Bengale was sold by Adriang de Vooght to Rudolphus Meerlandt, for Rds 50. Even though his age given in this transaction, 16, does not align with that given in 1672, 10, I believe this is the same individual.4

Citations

  1. [S418] Anna J. Böeseken, Slaves and Free Blacks at the Cape 1658-1700 (Cape Town: Tafelberg, 1977), p. 130.. Hereinafter cited as Slaves and Free Blacks at the Cape 1658-1700.
  2. [S418] Anna J. Böeseken, Slaves and Free Blacks at the Cape 1658-1700, p. 130. 29.3.1672, V, pp. 194-195: Cupido from Bengal (10), sold by Lambert van der Heijden to the Rev. Adrianus de Vooght for Rds. 45.
  3. [S607] J.L. (Leon) Hattingh, "Kaapse notariële stukke waarin slawe van vryburgers en amptenare vermeld word (II), Die tweede Dekade 1671-1680", Kronos (Die notariële stukke II) 15 (1999): 29.3.1672     CTD 5. p. 194
    Lambert van der Heijden, assistent op die retoerfluit Sparendam, verkoop aan eerw Adrianus de Voogt, predikant hier, die lyfeie Cupido van Bengale, ongeveer 10 jaar oud, vir 45 Rds.. Hereinafter cited as "Die notariële stukke II."
  4. [S418] Anna J. Böeseken, Slaves and Free Blacks at the Cape 1658-1700, p. 130. 15.2.1674, VI, p. 74: Cupido (16), sold by the Rev. Adrianus de Vooght to
    Rudolph van Meerlandt for Rds. 50.
 

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