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Lijsbeth van Malabar¹

F, #16861, b. 1665/66

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Last Edited

21/12/2015

BirthOrigin*

Lijsbeth was from the Malabar Coast and was perhaps born there in 1665/66. She was said to be 34 or 35 years old in 1700.¹

Marriage De facto*

In 1692 Lijsbeth van Malabar and Reva van Macassar were in a de facto relationship.²

Family

Reva van Macassar b. c 1662

Children

Sobo van de Caep¹ b. c 1693
Sophia van de Caep¹ b. c 1696
Abigael van de Caep¹ b. c 1697
Josing van de Caep¹ b. bt Feb 1700 - Mar 1700

Slave Transactions

On 20 October 1700 Lijsbeth van Malabar was sold by Olof Bergh to Reva van Macassar, her de facto husband, with their four children Sobo van de Caep, Sophia van de Caep, Abigael van de Caep and Josing van de Caep, for Rds. 200.^3,1

Citations

[S418] Anna J. Böeseken, Slaves and Free Blacks at the Cape 1658-1700 (Cape Town: Tafelberg, 1977), p. 194.. Hereinafter cited as Slaves and Free Blacks at the Cape 1658-1700.
[S432] Robert C-H Shell compiler, Changing Hands, A calendar of bondage in southern Africa, 1550 to 1888, CD-ROM; ISBN 1-86918-063-1; (Cape Town: Ancestry24, September 2007). Hereinafter cited as Changing Hands.
[S606] J.L. (Leon) Hattingh, "A.J. Böeseken se Addendum van Kaapse slawe-verkoopstransaksies: Foute en regstellings", Kronos (Foute en regstellings) 9 (1984): Op die laaste twee bladsye van die addendum, pp. 193 en 194, vind ‘n mens die volgende twee opsommings:
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“20.10.1700: Lijsbeth from Malabar (24/35) liberated, together with her four children, Soho (7), Sophia (4), Abigael (3) and Tosing (7 months)”.
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Die weergawe van die tweede akte is eweneens misleidend. Dat Lijsbeth van Malabar en haar vier kinders inderdaad deur Olof Bergh verkoop word en wel aan die vryswart Reva van Macassar vir die bedrag van 200 Rds. sal ‘n mens nou nie uit die addendum se enkele reels aflei nie. Die voorwaarde was ook dat die koper in die toekoms geeneen van hulle weer sal verkoop, skenk of op welke wyse ookal van ontslae sal raak nie behalwe om hulle vry te stel. Dit is laasgenoemde gedagte wat toe deur die transkribeerder aangegrup is om as die vernaamste aspek voor te hou. Boonop is twee van die kinders se name verkeerd afgeskruf, nl. Soho wat Sobo moet wees en Tosing wat eintlik Josing moet wees.. Hereinafter cited as "Foute en regstellings."