Christijn van Bengale1
F, #15561, b. circa 1658
Last Edited | 19/03/2016 |
BirthOrigin* | Christijn was from Bengal and perhaps born there circa 1658. 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 17 March 1678 Christijn van Bengale was sold by Gerrit Victor to Zacharias Coemaets, for Rds. 70.2,3 |
Citations
- [S418] Anna J. Böeseken, Slaves and Free Blacks at the Cape 1658-1700 (Cape Town: Tafelberg, 1977), p.135.. 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.135;19.3.1678: Christijn from Bengal, sold by Gerrit Victor to Zacharias Coemaets, bookkeeper of 't Land van Schouwen, for Rds. 70.
- [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): 17.3.1678 TS 3, g.p.
Gerrit Victor, vryburger alhier, verkoop aan Sacharias Coenraedt, boekhouer op die skip ‘t Landt van Schouwen, die slavin Christijn van Bengale vir 70 Rds.. Hereinafter cited as "Die notariële stukke II."