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Revan van Madagascar¹

M, #15925, b. circa 1662

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Last Edited

29/05/2015

BirthOrigin*

Revan was from Madagascar and was perhaps born there circa 1662. Böeseken gives his age in 1692 as 3 years old, which I believe was a transcription error and that Shell is correct in recording his age as 30.^1,2

Duplicate?*

It is possible that Reva van Macassar and Revan van Madagascar are the same individual. I believe it is more than coincidence that Revan van Madagascar was purchased by Dain Majampa Singara in 1692, and that Reva van Macassar, a free fisherman, and Lijsbeth van Malabar began a long term de facto relationship about the same time. Their first child was born in 1693. Madagascar was most likely a scribal error for Macassar.

Slave Transactions

On 5 August 1692 Revan van Madagascar was sold by Simon van der Stel to Dain Majampa Singara, for Rds. 60.^3,4

Citations

[S418] Anna J. Böeseken, Slaves and Free Blacks at the Cape 1658-1700 (Cape Town: Tafelberg, 1977), p.161.. Hereinafter cited as Slaves and Free Blacks at the Cape 1658-1700.
[S432] Robert C-H Shell compiler, Changing Hands, A calendar of bondage in southern Africa, 1550 to 1888, CD-ROM; ISBN 1-86918-063-1; (Cape Town: Ancestry24, September 2007). Hereinafter cited as Changing Hands.
[S418] Anna J. Böeseken, Slaves and Free Blacks at the Cape 1658-1700, p.161. 5.8.1692. p. 133: Revan from Madagascar (3), sold by Simon van der Stel to Dain Majampe for Rds. 60.
[S432] Robert C-H Shell compiler, Changing Hands, Sequence IDNO:       0818
Slaves First Name:       Revan
Presumed Place Of Origin:       van Madagascar
Day Of Sale:       5
Month Of Sale:       8
Year Of Sale:       1692
Type Of Name:       Autochthonous
Continental Origin Code:       Mada&Mau
Slaves Age:       30
Slaves Gender:       Male
Price In Rixdollars:       60
Sellers Last Name:       Van der Stel
Sellers First Name:       Simon
Sellers Civil Status:       VOC employee
Sellers Gender:       Male
Sellers Domicile:       Table valley
Sellers Occupation:       Governor
Buyers Last Name:       Majampa
Buyers First Name:       Dain
Buyers Civil Status:       freeblack
Buyers Gender:       Male
Buyers Domicile:       Table valley
Buyers Occupation:       political exile
Primary Reference:       Transporten en Scheepeniskennis.