Catharina van Malabar, SM/PROG - Catharina van Malabar

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Private User
8/12/2012 at 9:56 AM

I haven't managed to add her to my online genealogy, as I have a 100 limit - but she is one of my voor-moeders too.
Anyone following her details may also be interested in the following links:
http://batavia.polresearch.org/slavery/shell_avignon.pdf
http://camissapeople.blog.com/files/2012/04/CULTURAL-ECHOES.jpg
And here: http://www.e-family.co.za/ffy/g5/p5248.htm
"Catharina van Paliacatta (also known as Groot Kathryn/Groote Catrijn) F, #5248, b. circa 1631 in Pulicat, Coromandel Coast, India d. circa March 1683

From 1655 to 1656 Catharina van Paliacatta and Claes van Malabar were lovers in Batavia. On 8 October 1656 at Rijswijck Fortress, Batavia, Groote Catrijn, furious at her lover, the slave Claes van Malabar, throws a cobble stone hitting him with great force in the area just above his genitals (the presumed target of the blow). His kidney burst and he died days later. On 16 November 1656 she was convicted and sentenced to death. Two days later, on the 18th of November, the sentence was commuted to banishment for life as a convict at the Cape of Good Hope. On 4 December 1656 she departed Batavia on board the Prins Willem. On 21 February 1657 Groote Catrijn arrived on board the Prins Willem to begin her life as the first recorded female convict at the Cape; and became the first manumitted female slave of the VOC."

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