Claes van Angola1

M, #15381, b. circa 1647

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Last Edited22/07/2016
BirthOrigin*Claes was from Angola and may have been born there circa 1647. He was 24 when sold as a slave in 1671.1 
Slave TransactionsOn 2 March 1671 Claes van Angola was sold by Matthijs Coeijmans to Dirck Jansz Smient, for Rds. 95.2,3

Citations

  1. [S418] Anna J. Böeseken, Slaves and Free Blacks at the Cape 1658-1700 (Cape Town: Tafelberg, 1977), p.129.. Hereinafter cited as Slaves and Free Blacks at the Cape 1658-1700.
  2. [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): 2.3.1671      CTD 5, p. 121
    Matthijs Cooijmans van Herentals, burger, verkoop aan Dirck Jansz Smient, medeburger, die ‘Angoolse’ slaaf Claas, ongeveer 24 jaar oud , vir 95 Rds. In al drie voorgaande stukke het die verkoper as Mattijs Coeijmans geteken).. Hereinafter cited as "Die notariële stukke II."
  3. [S418] Anna J. Böeseken, Slaves and Free Blacks at the Cape 1658-1700, p. 129: 2.3.1671, V, pp. 121--122: Claes from Angola (24), sold by Matthijs Coeijmans to Dirck Jansz Smient for Rds. 95.
 

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