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

Jan van Annika Camelang¹

M, #15876, b. circa 1680

Father*

Mother*

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24/12/2015

Birth*

Jan van Annika Camelang was born circa 1680.^1,3

Slave Emancipations

On 4 June 1691 Annika Camelang and her children, Jan, Jacob, Maria and Susanna were emancipated at the wish of their owner Jacob Havemeester. Unlike the other manumissions involving Havemeester's slaves on this occasion, there appears to be no record that he demanded any payment from this family.⁴
On 4 June 1692 Louijs van Macassar purchased his freedom along with that of his de facto wife Annika Camelang and their children Jan, Jacob, Maria and Susanna from Jacob Havemeester, for an unstipulated amount.^2,5

Citations

[S418] Anna J. Böeseken, Slaves and Free Blacks at the Cape 1658-1700 (Cape Town: Tafelberg, 1977), p.160.. 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.83. …whilst Annica was freed by Jacob Havemeester with 4 children:
Jan, Jacob, Maria and Susanna.
p.159. 3.6.1692, pp. 39-40: Lovij [sic - Louijs] from Macassar freed with his wife and four children by Jacob Havemeester from Hamburg who worked in the hospital in Batavia and who was now returning to Europe on the Waterland. The slave family had to pay Rds. 150 for their liberty [sic].
p.160. 4.6.1692, pp. 49-50: Annika Camelang, freed with her four children (Jan, Jacob, Maria and Susanna) by Jacob Havemeester, who had worked in the Company's hospital in Batavia.
[S21] Date estimated by compiler, Delia Robertson and, unless there is corroborating information, should not be considered as anything more than a guide.
[S418] Anna J. Böeseken, Slaves and Free Blacks at the Cape 1658-1700, p.160. 4.6.1692, pp. 49-50: Annika Camelang, freed with her four children (Jan, Jacob, Maria and Susanna) by Jacob Havemeester, who had worked in the Company's hospital in Batavia.
[S606] J.L. (Leon) Hattingh, "A.J. Böeseken se Addendum van Kaapse slawe-verkoopstransaksies: Foute en regstellings", Kronos (Foute en regstellings) 9 (1984): “Lovij” van Macassar (p. 159 van die addendum) lees Louijs maar die gedeelte van die opsomming: “The slave family had to pay Rds. 150 for their liberty” verskyn nie in die betrokke dokument nie.. Hereinafter cited as "Foute en regstellings."