Last Edited | 19/07/2017 |
RacialDesignation* | On 25 May 1698 Catarina van de Caep was described as halfslag, a racial tag meaning she 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 | Catarina van de Caep was baptized on 25 May 1698 Nederduitsche Gereformeerde Kerk, (Cape Town).2 |
Slave Births | Before 25 May 1698, Catarina van de Caep was born in bondage de Caep de Goede Hoop.1 |
Slaves Owned by the Company | On 25 May 1698 Elisabet van de Caep and Catarina van de Caep were enslaved and owned by the VOC (Vereenigde Oostindische Compagnie) at the Cape.1 |