Last Edited | 30/07/2017 |
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 |
Baptisms | Leendert van de Caep was baptized on 26 August 1697 Nederduitsche Gereformeerde Kerk, (Cape Town).2 |
Slave Births | Before 26 August 1697, Leendert van de Caep was born in bondage de Caep de Goede Hoop.1 |
Slaves Owned by the Company | On 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 |