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Titus van Madagascar¹

M, #15530, b. circa 1660

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Last Edited

13/03/2016

BirthOrigin*

Titus was from Madagascar and perhaps born there circa 1660. The date is estimated.¹

Slave Transactions

On 7 May 1677 Titus van Madagascar was sold by Adriaen van Asperen to Jan Andriessen, for Rds. 25.^2,3

Citations

[S418] Anna J. Böeseken, Slaves and Free Blacks at the Cape 1658-1700 (Cape Town: Tafelberg, 1977), p.134.. 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.134. 7.5.1677: Titus from Madagascar, sold by skipper Adriaan van Asperen to skipper Jan Andriessen for Rds. 25.
[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): 7.5.1677 [Verlore, TS I]
Skipper Adriaan van Asperen verkoop aan Jan Andriessen, skipper van die skip Cranenburgh, die slaaf Titus van Madagaskar vir 25 Rds. [Nagesien]. Hereinafter cited as "Die notariële stukke II."