Thomas van Malabar1

M, #13705, b. 1669/70

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Last Edited03/04/2015
BirthOrigin*Thomas was from the Malabar Coast and was perhaps born there in 1669/70. He was said to be 24 or 25 years old in 1694.1 
Slave TransactionsOn 3 April 1694 Thomas van Malabar was sold by Reijnier Beck to Jan Stevensz Botma de Oude, for Rds. 70.2,3

Citations

  1. [S418] Anna J. Böeseken, Slaves and Free Blacks at the Cape 1658-1700 (Cape Town: Tafelberg, 1977), p.165.. Hereinafter cited as Slaves and Free Blacks at the Cape 1658-1700.
  2. [S418] Anna J. Böeseken, Slaves and Free Blacks at the Cape 1658-1700, p.165. . .. 4.1694: Thomas from Malabar (24/25), sold by Reijnier Beck to Jan Stevensz Botma for Rds. 70.
  3. [S432] Robert C-H Shell compiler, Changing Hands, A calendar of bondage in southern Africa, 1550 to 1888, CD-ROM; ISBN 1-86918-063-1; (Cape Town: Ancestry24, September 2007), Sequence IDNO:       0884     
    Slaves First Name:       Thomas     
    Presumed Place Of Origin:       Van Malabar     
    Day Of Sale:       3     
    Month Of Sale:       4     
    Year Of Sale:       1694     
    Type Of Name:       Christian     
    Continental Origin Code:       Indian Sub Continent     
    Slaves Age:       25     
    Slaves Gender:       Male     
    Price In Rixdollars:       70     
    Sellers Last Name:       Beck     
    Sellers First Name:       Reijnier     
    Sellers Civil Status:       VOC employee     
    Sellers Gender:       Male     
    Sellers Domicile:       Transit-at sea     
    Sellers Occupation:       Bookkeeper     
    Buyers Last Name:       Botma     
    Buyers First Name:       Jan Steven     
    Buyers Civil Status:       burgher     
    Buyers Gender:       Male     
    Buyers Domicile:       Cape district     
    Buyers Occupation:       farmer     
    Primary Reference:       Transporten en Scheepeniskennis. Hereinafter cited as Changing Hands.
 

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