First Fifty Years - a project collating Cape of Good Hope records

Cornelia van de Caep van Fatima¹

F, #18810, b. before 7 November 1700

Mother*

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Last Edited

06/08/2017

Baptism

Cornelia van de Caep van Fatima was baptized on 7 November 1700 Nederduitsche Gereformeerde Kerk, (Cape Town).¹

RacialDesignation*

On 7 November 1700 Cornelia van de Caep van Fatima was described as heelslag, a racial tag meaning both parents were African. 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

Slave Births

Before 7 November 1700, Cornelia van de Caep van Fatima was born in bondage de Caep de Goede Hoop.¹

Slaves Owned by the Company

On 7 November 1700 Fatima van Madagascar and Cornelia van de Caep van Fatima were enslaved and owned by the VOC (Vereenigde Oostindische Compagnie) at the Cape.¹

Citations

[S502] Website Family Search (www.familysearch.org).