Leendert van de Caep1

M, #18731, b. 26 August 1697
Mother*Kalmeleme van Madagascar1 b. c 1678

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Last Edited30/07/2017
RacialDesignation* On 26 August 1697 Leendert van de Caep 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 
BaptismsLeendert van de Caep was baptized on 26 August 1697 Nederduitsche Gereformeerde Kerk, (Cape Town).2
Slave BirthsBefore 26 August 1697, Leendert van de Caep was born in bondage de Caep de Goede Hoop.1
Slaves Owned by the CompanyOn 26 August 1697 Kalmeleme van Madagascar and Leendert van de Caep were enslaved and owned by the VOC (Vereenigde Oostindische Compagnie) at the Cape.1

Citations

  1. [S502] Website Family Search (www.familysearch.org).
  2. [S502] Website Family Search (www.familysearch.org) "26 Aug 1697
    gedoopt een kind van Kalemeleme van Madagasker, gent. Leendert, [Halfslag]
    familysearch.org."
 

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