Last Edited | 17/07/2017 |
Slave Birth - Company Owned | Pieter van de Caep was born in bondage before 16 December 1696 and was owned by the VOC (Vereenigde Oostindische Compagnie), de Caep de Goede Hoop Pieter van de Caep.1 |
RacialDesignation* | On 16 December 1696 Pieter van de Caep was described as heelslag, a racial tag meaning both parents were African or Asian. For more on the racial and social typecasting of the period, visit this page: Nomenclature & identity tags peculiar to the Cape of Good Hope deriving from an individual’s legal status made for legally-entrenched hierarchic discrimination.1 |
Baptisms | Pieter van de Caep was baptized on 16 December 1696 Nederduitsche Gereformeerde Kerk, (Cape Town).2 |