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Claas van Bengale¹

M, #16275, b. circa 1668

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Last Edited

12/05/2015

BirthOrigin*

Claas was from Bengal and was perhaps born there circa 1668. Van Bengale - or from 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. He was said to be 28 years old in 1696.¹

Slave Transactions

On 18 June 1696 Claas van Bengale was sold by Francois van der Stel to Claas Carelse, for Rds. 105. However in Changing Hands, Shell records the purchaser to be Gerrit Vieroot.^2,3

Citations

[S418] Anna J. Böeseken, Slaves and Free Blacks at the Cape 1658-1700 (Cape Town: Tafelberg, 1977), p.173.. 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.173. 18.6.1696, pp. 73 (verso) - 74: Claas from Bengal (28), sold by Frans van der Stel to Carel Carelse of Batavia for Rds. 105.
[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), Sequence IDNO:       1069
Slaves First Name:       Claas
Presumed Place Of Origin:       van Bengal
Day Of Sale:       18
Month Of Sale:       6
Year Of Sale:       1696
Type Of Sale:       Oceanic
Type Of Name:       Christian
Continental Origin Code:       Indian Sub Continent
Slaves Age:       28
Slaves Gender:       Male
Price In Rixdollars:       105
Sellers Last Name:       Van der Stel
Sellers First Name:       Francois
Sellers Civil Status:       Monsieur
Sellers Gender:       Male
Sellers Domicile:       Batavia
Sellers Occupation:       Jonker
Buyers Last Name:       Visroot
Buyers First Name:       Gerrit
Buyers Civil Status:       VOC employee
Buyers Gender:       Male
Buyers Domicile:       Table valley
Buyers Occupation:       under-merchant
Primary Reference:       Transporten en Scheepeniskennis. Hereinafter cited as Changing Hands.