Laurens van de Caep van Secilila van Madagascar1
M, #18707, b. before 23 September 1696
Mother* | Secilia van Madagasker1 b. c 1681 |
Last Edited | 16/11/2022 |
Birth* | Laurens van de Caep van Secilila van Madagascar was born before 23 September 1696 in de Caep de Goede Hoop.1 |
Baptism | Laurens van de Caep van Secilila van Madagascar was baptized on 23 September 1696 Nederduitsche Gereformeerde Kerk, (Cape Town).2 |
RacialDesignation* | On 23 September 1696 Laurens van de Caep van Secilila van Madagascar was described as halfslag, a racial tag meaning he was mixed race, i.e. his father would most likely have been white. For more on the racial and social typecasting of the period, visit this page: Nomenclature & identity tags peculiar to the Cape of Good Hope deriving from an individual’s legal status made for legally-entrenched hierarchic discrimination.1 |
Slaves Owned by the Company | On 23 September 1696 Secilia van Madagasker and Laurens van de Caep van Secilila van Madagascar were enslaved and owned by the VOC (Vereenigde Oostindische Compagnie) at the Cape.1 |