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Adam van Bengale¹

M, #16476, b. circa 1676

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Last Edited

23/07/2016

Birth*

Adam van Bengale was born circa 1676, he was said to 21 years old in 1697.²

Names in the record, in publications, etc.

Adam van Bengale was also known as Adam Origin Unknown.²

Slave Transactions

On 27 June 1697 Andries Origin Unknown and Adam van Bengale were sold by Marinus Verhulst to Jan Dircks de Beer, for Rds. 50 and Rds. 30, respectively.³
On 24 January 1698 Adam van Bengale and Douvre van Bengale were sold by Jan Dircksen de Beer to Hendrick Cornelisz Olivier, for Rds. 210. I have assumed Adam to be the same individual with unknown provence purchased by De Beer on 27 June 1697.¹

Citations

[S418] Anna J. Böeseken, Slaves and Free Blacks at the Cape 1658-1700 (Cape Town: Tafelberg, 1977), p. 182. 24.1.1698: Adam from Bengal (23/24) and Doevert from Bengal (17), sold by Jan Dircx de Beer to Hendrik Cornelis Olivier for Rds. 210.. 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. 179.
[S418] Anna J. Böeseken, Slaves and Free Blacks at the Cape 1658-1700, p. 179. 27.6.1697, pp. 214 (verso) - 215: Andries (24) and Adam (21), sold by Marinus Verhulst, skipper of the Vrijheijt, to Jan Dircx de Beer for Rds. 30.