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

Francois van Malabar¹

M, #16110, b. before 1670

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Last Edited

07/04/2015

BirthOrigin*

Francois was from Malabar Coast and was perhaps born there before 1670. I have assumed him to be at least 25 years old.¹

Slave Emancipations

On 17 March 1695 Francois van Malabar purchased his freedom from Hendrik Hartsz, for Rds. 60.²

Citations

[S418] Anna J. Böeseken, Slaves and Free Blacks at the Cape 1658-1700 (Cape Town: Tafelberg, 1977), p.168.. 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.168. 17.3.1695, p. 84: Francois from Malabar, liberated by Hendrik Harts on paying Rds. 60.