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

Jacob van Bengale¹

M, #16720, b. circa 1687

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Last Edited

26/05/2015

BirthOrigin*

Jacob was from Bengal and was perhaps born there circa 1687. He was said to be 12 years old in 1699.¹

Slave Transactions

On 19 March 1699 Jacob van Bengale was sold by Coenradus Cock to Jan Brommert, on condition that he could purchase Jacob back if he returned, the price was not recorded.²

Citations

[S418] Anna J. Böeseken, Slaves and Free Blacks at the Cape 1658-1700 (Cape Town: Tafelberg, 1977), p. 188.. 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. 188. 19.3.1699: Jacob from Bengal (12), sold by Coenradus Cock, junior merchant on 't Huys te Loo, to Jan Brommert, on condition that he be allowed to buy the slave back should he return.