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

Anthonij van Mozambique^1,2

?, #15822, b. circa 1666

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Last Edited

13/03/2015

BirthOrigin*

Anthonij was from Mozambique and perhaps born there circa 1666.³

Names in the record, in publications, etc.

18 March 1686, the name of Anthonij was written in the record as Unnamed and Gender Unspecified Slave van Mozambique.³

Slave Transactions

On 18 March 1686 Anthonij van Mozambique was sold by J. Homen to Hans Ehrentraut, for Rds. 50.⁴
On 17 April 1688 Anthonij van Mozambique was sold by public auction from the estate of Hans Ehrentraut to Claes Loopser for f 226. The sale was conducted by the officials Andrijs de Man and Cornelis Linnes.²

Citations

I have assumed this to be the same individual purchased without name by Ehrentraut in 1686.
[S418] Anna J. Böeseken, Slaves and Free Blacks at the Cape 1658-1700 (Cape Town: Tafelberg, 1977), p.152. 17.4.1688, pp. 91-92: Anthonij from Mozambique (18), sold by public auction by Andries de Man and Cornelis Linnes ex the estate of Hans Erentraul to Nicolaas Loupscher for f 226.. 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.144.
[S418] Anna J. Böeseken, Slaves and Free Blacks at the Cape 1658-1700, p.144. 18.3.1686: A slave from Mozambique, sold by Captain J. Homen to Hans Evertrout for Rds. 50.