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

Claas van Bengale¹

M, #15460, b. circa 1660

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Last Edited

06/03/2016

BirthOrigin*

Claas was from and perhaps born there circa 1660. 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 Transactions

Cupido van Bengale and Claas van Bengale were sold by Joan Putman, to Henrik Crudop on 12 March 1676, for f 120. Putman wished to buy the slaves back if he were to return to the East.^2,3

Citations

[S418] Anna J. Böeseken, Slaves and Free Blacks at the Cape 1658-1700 (Cape Town: Tafelberg, 1977), p. 131. 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. 131 12.3.1676: Cupido and Claas from Bengal, sold by merchant Joan Putman to Hendrik Crudop for f120. Putman expresses the wish to buy these slaves back should he return to the East.
[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): 12.3.1676 [Verlore]
Koopman Joan Putman verkoop aan Hendrik Crudop die slawe Cupido en Claas van Bengale vir f 120. Putman spreek die wens uit om by sy terugkeer na die Ooste weer die slawe terug te koop.. Hereinafter cited as "Die notariële stukke II."