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

Baatje van Macassar¹

M, #16638, b. circa 1678

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Last Edited

24/05/2015

BirthOrigin*

Baatje was from Macassar and was perhaps born there circa 1678. He was said to be 20 years old in 1698.¹

Slave Transactions

On 1 October 1698 Baatje van Macassar was sold by Jan Dircks de Beer to Martin Mecklenburg, for Rds. 90.²

Citations

[S418] Anna J. Böeseken, Slaves and Free Blacks at the Cape 1658-1700 (Cape Town: Tafelberg, 1977), p. 185.. 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. 185. 1.10.1698: Baatje from Macassar (20), sold by Jan Dircx de Beer to Martin Meckelenbergfor Rds. 90.