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Scipio van Madagascar¹

M, #16437, b. circa 1675

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Last Edited

17/05/2015

BirthOrigin*

Scipio was from Madagascar and was perhaps born there circa 1675. He was said to be 22 years old in 1697.¹

Slave Transactions

On 19 June 1697 Scipio van Madagascar was sold by Symon Langendam to Mattyhs Michielsen or Matthys Michiels van Stockholm, for Rds. 80.²

Citations

[S418] Anna J. Böeseken, Slaves and Free Blacks at the Cape 1658-1700 (Cape Town: Tafelberg, 1977), p. 178.. 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. 178. 19.6.1697, p. 206 (verso): Scipio from Madagascar (22), sold by Symon Langendam, first mate of the Drie Croonen, to Matthijs Michielsen for Rds. 80.