by Mansell G. Upham © This article explores the parentage and life of a free-born ‘black’ woman Agneta (Agnietie) Colyn (born 1684) at the Cape of Good Hope serving in the household of Johann (Hans) Oberholzer (1680-1721) from Zürich – the Switzerland-born heemraad, deacon, free-butcher and Van der Stel-acolyte. Agneta Colijn has an illegitimate child … Continue reading Bordering on the Conceivable: the elusive – and not so ‘chaste’ – Agneta (Agnietie) Colijn and her ‘Khoe’ descendants
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