Deed of sale of Leon van Guinea, Gerrit Drost, 1812 - 1820 made to slave document The deed of sale of Leon's slave from Guinea is certified with a seal of 6 pennies. The deed was intended for the slave owner, as proof of purchase and ownership. With every subsequent sale, the new and signed transfer was mentioned on this original deed, after which the document with the slave sold was transferred to the new owner. The document was made by notary Gerrit Drost in 1812 for Jan Philip Daniel Scheidius. He sold the man 6 years later to JC Baud. Jean Chrétien Baron Baud later became Minister of Colon
Deed of sale of Leon van Guinea, Gerrit Drost, 1812 - 1820 made to slave document The deed of sale of Leon's slave from Guinea is certified with a seal of 6 pennies. The deed was intended for the slave owner, as proof of purchase and ownership. With every subsequent sale, the new and signed transfer was mentioned on this original deed, after which the document with the slave sold was transferred to the new owner. The document was made by notary Gerrit Drost in 1812 for Jan Philip Daniel Scheidius. He sold the man 6 years later to JC Baud. Jean Chrétien Baron Baud later became Minister of Coloniën and Lieutenant Gereneur General of the Dutch East Indies. Baud sold Leon to LC von Ranzow in 1814, who resell Leon in 1820 to TW Burslem on the island of Banca. All three times were paid for Leon 150 guilders. The document was issued when the Dutch East Indies fell under British board (1811-1816). Dutch East Indies, The paper. ink writing (processes) slavery; serfs and the enslaved Dutch East Indies, The
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