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Antonika van Bengale¹

F, #16362, b. between 1671 and 1673

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Last Edited

27/05/2015

BirthOrigin*

Antonika was from the Bengal and was perhaps born there between 1671 and 1673. Van Bengale - or from Bengal - was a term loosely applied during the period of VOC dominance to enslaved or formerly enslaved people from any of the countries bordering the Bay of Bengal. She was said to be 24 years old 1697 and in 1699.¹

Slave Transactions

On 14 May 1697 Antonika van Bengale was sold by Jan Buys to Hendrik Barent Oldenlandt, for Rds. 50.²
On 27 April 1699 Antonika van Bengale was sold by Margaretha Hendrina van Otteren to Jacob Paasen, for Rds. 50.³

Citations

[S418] Anna J. Böeseken, Slaves and Free Blacks at the Cape 1658-1700 (Cape Town: Tafelberg, 1977), p. 176.. 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. 176. 14.5.1697, p. 168: Antonika from Bengal (24), sold by Jan Buys to Anna Hendrina van Otteren, the widow of H. B. Oldenland, for Rds. 50.
[S418] Anna J. Böeseken, Slaves and Free Blacks at the Cape 1658-1700, p. 189. 27.1.1699 [27.4.1699]: Antoniko from Bengal (24), a slave woman sold by Hendrina van Olteren, the widow of Hendrik Barent Oldenland, to Jacob van Paassen for Rds.50.