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

Pieter van Macassar^1,2

M, #14197, b. 1675/76

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Last Edited

23/12/2015

BirthOrigin*

Pieter was from Madagascar and was perhaps born there in 1675/76. He was said to be 14 or 15 years old in 1690.²

Names in the record, in publications, etc.

14 February 1690, the name of Pieter was written in the record as Pieter van Madagascar.¹

Slave Transactions

On 14 February 1690 Pieter van Macassar was sold by Fredrick Russouw de Wit to Steven Vermey, for Rds. 49.³

Citations

[S606] J.L. (Leon) Hattingh, "A.J. Böeseken se Addendum van Kaapse slawe-verkoopstransaksies: Foute en regstellings", Kronos (Foute en regstellings) 9 (1984): … "Sapatou" en "Pieter van Macassar" (onderskekielik 8 en 14.2.1690) was weer altwee van Madagaskar …. Hereinafter cited as "Foute en regstellings."
[S418] Anna J. Böeseken, Slaves and Free Blacks at the Cape 1658-1700 (Cape Town: Tafelberg, 1977), p.156.. Hereinafter cited as Slaves and Free Blacks at the Cape 1658-1700.
[S418] Anna J. Böeseken, Slaves and Free Blacks at the Cape 1658-1700, p.156. 14.2.1690, pp. 337-338: Pieter from Macassar (14/15), sold by F. R. de Wit to S. Vermeer for Rds. 49.