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Jan van Madagascar¹

M, #15178, b. circa 1657

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Last Edited

12/03/2016

Birth*

Jan van Madagascar was born circa 1657 in Madagascar.²

Slave Transactions

Jan van Madagascar and Cornelis van Madagascar were sold by Arijaen van Asperen, to Joannes Valckenryck on 8 March 1677 de Caep de Goede Hoop, for Rds. 87.^1,3
On 15 June 1680 Jan van Madagascar was sold by Heltjen Redogs to Jan Wittebol, for Rds. 32. I assume this to be the same slave purchased by her (now deceased) husband in 1677.⁴

Citations

[S418] Anna J. Böeseken, Slaves and Free Blacks at the Cape 1658-1700 (Cape Town: Tafelberg, 1977), p.133. 8.3.1677: Comelis and Jan from Madagascar, sold by Adriaan van Asperen, skipper of the Voorhout, to Jan Valckenrijck for Rds. 87.. 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.133. 8.3.1677: Comelis and Jan from Madagascar, sold by Adriaan van Asperen, skipper of the Voorhout, to Jan Valckenrijck for Rds. 87. [DR: I have assumed these were young men based on the selling price of more than Rds 43 each.]
[S607] J.L. (Leon) Hattingh, "Kaapse notariële stukke waarin slawe van vryburgers en amptenare vermeld word (II), Die tweede Dekade 1671-1680", Kronos (Die notariële stukke II) 15 (1999): 8.3.1677 TS I, g.p.
Adriaen van Asperen, skipper van die jag Voorhout, verkoop aan Sr Joan Valkenryck, burgerraad alhier, twee Madagaskarse slawe genaamt Cornelis en Jan vir 87 Rds. [Geteken Arijaen …]. Hereinafter cited as "Die notariële stukke II."
[S418] Anna J. Böeseken, Slaves and Free Blacks at the Cape 1658-1700, p.139. 15.6.1680: Jan from an unknown origin sold from the above estate to Jan Wittebol for Rds. 32.