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

Sam van Madagascar¹

M, #16347, b. circa 1681

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Last Edited

15/05/2015

BirthOrigin*

Sam was from Madagascar and was perhaps born there circa 1681. He was said to be 16 years old 1697.¹

Slave Transactions

On 18 March 1697 Sam van Madagascar was sold by Jan de Roode to Lambert Adrianse van Weede, for Rds. 84.²

Citations

[S418] Anna J. Böeseken, Slaves and Free Blacks at the Cape 1658-1700 (Cape Town: Tafelberg, 1977), p. 176.. 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. 176. 18.3.1697: Sam from Madagascar (16), sold by Jan de Roode to Free Burgher Lambert Adriaansz for Rds. 84.