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Coridon van Batavia¹

M, #16277, b. circa 1672

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Last Edited

12/05/2015

BirthOrigin*

Coridon was from the Batavia and may have been born there circa 1672. He was said to be 24 years old in 1696.^1,2

Slave Transactions

On 21 June 1696 Coridon van Batavia was sold by Jacob Joppe de Jonge to Johann Vosloo, for Rds. 100.³

Citations

[S418] Anna J. Böeseken, Slaves and Free Blacks at the Cape 1658-1700 (Cape Town: Tafelberg, 1977), p.173.. Hereinafter cited as Slaves and Free Blacks at the Cape 1658-1700.
[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:       1076
Slaves First Name:       Coridon
Presumed Place Of Origin:       van Batavia
Day Of Sale:       21
Month Of Sale:       6
Year Of Sale:       1696
Type Of Sale:       Oceanic
Type Of Name:       Classical
Continental Origin Code:       Indonesian Archipelago
Slaves Age:       24
Slaves Gender:       Male
Price In Rixdollars:       100
Sellers Last Name:       de Jong
Sellers First Name:       Jacob Joppe
Sellers Civil Status:       VOC employee
Sellers Gender:       Male
Sellers Domicile:       Transit-at sea
Sellers Occupation:       Skipper
Buyers Last Name:       Vosloo
Buyers First Name:       Jan
Buyers Civil Status:       burgher
Buyers Gender:       Male
Buyers Domicile:       Cape district
Buyers Occupation:       free woodchopper
Primary Reference:       Transporten en Scheepeniskennis; fols. 76. Hereinafter cited as Changing Hands.
[S418] Anna J. Böeseken, Slaves and Free Blacks at the Cape 1658-1700, p.173. 21.6.1696, pp. 76 (recto et verso): Coridon from Batavia, sold by Jacob Joppe de Jongh, skipper of the Swaag, to Jan Vosloo for Rds. 100.