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Christina Casta van Bengale¹

F, #15496, b. circa 1656

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Last Edited

19/03/2016

BirthOrigin*

Christina was from Bengal and perhaps born there circa 1656. 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

On 5 March 1677 Christina Casta van Bengale was sold by Joan Bax van Herentals to Jan Focqueiner.^2,3

Citations

[S418] Anna J. Böeseken, Slaves and Free Blacks at the Cape 1658-1700 (Cape Town: Tafelberg, 1977), p. 133.. 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. 133.5.3.1677: Christina Casta [Coast] from Bengal, sold by Governor Bax to the merchant J an Focqueiner for Rds. 60.
[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): 5.3.1677 TS I, g.p.
Ed Hr Johan Bax genaamt van Herentals, goewerneur alhier, verkoop aan die edele Jan Focquieren[?], koopman, die slavin Christina van Bengale vir 60 Rds.. Hereinafter cited as "Die notariële stukke II."