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

Coridon van Malabar¹

M, #16555, b. circa 1682

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Last Edited

22/05/2015

BirthOrigin*

Coridon was from the Malabar Coast and was perhaps born there circa 1682. He was said to be 16 years old in 1698.¹

Slave Transactions

On 5 April 1698 Coridon van Malabar and Aron van Malabar were sold by Melchior de Vos to Willem ten Damme, for Rds. 54 and Rds. 60 respectively.²

Citations

[S418] Anna J. Böeseken, Slaves and Free Blacks at the Cape 1658-1700 (Cape Town: Tafelberg, 1977), p. 183.. 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. 183. 5.3.1698: Coridon from Malabar (16) and Aron from Malabar (25), sold by Melchior de Vos, skipper of the return ship Beijeren, to Willem ten Damme for Rds. 54 and Rds. 60 respectively.