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

Drigo van Mozambique¹

M, #16055, b. circa 1669

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Last Edited

04/04/2015

BirthOrigin*

Drigo was from Mozambique and was perhaps born there circa 1669. He was said to be 25 years old in 1694.¹

Names in the record, in publications, etc.

22 August 1694, the name of Drigo was written in the record as Drigo van Monsjanbieck.²

Slave Transactions

On 22 August 1694 Manuel van Madras and Drigo van Mozambique were sold by John Lloyd to Gerrit Basson, for Rds. 100, Cape valuation.²

Citations

[S418] Anna J. Böeseken, Slaves and Free Blacks at the Cape 1658-1700 (Cape Town: Tafelberg, 1977), p.166.. 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.166. 22.8.1694, p. 9 (verso) 10 (verso): Manuel from Madras (19), and Drigo (25) from Mozambique (spelling in this deed "Monsjanbieck"), sold by John Lloyd, sailing on the Nassau, to Gerrit Basson for Rds. 100, Cape valuation.