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

Manuel van Ceylon¹

M, #16320, b. circa 1673

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Last Edited

04/06/2023

BirthOrigin*

Manuel was from Ceylon and was perhaps born there circa 1673. He was said to be 24 years old in 1696.¹

Slave Transactions

On 14 January 1697 Manuel van Ceylon was sold by Pieter Jansz to Jan Siek, for Rds. 120.²

Citations

[S418] Anna J. Böeseken, Slaves and Free Blacks at the Cape 1658-1700 (Cape Town: Tafelberg, 1977), p. 175.. 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. 175. 14.1.1697, p. 136 (recto et verso): Manuel from Ceylon (24), sold by Pieter Jansz van Nimwegen to Jan Siek for Rds. 120.