EVENT INFORMATION

20
June
1836

Four-year-old Joseph Josino van den Keerkring is manumitted

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📅 20 June 1836 📍 Curacao

A same-day archival entry records the manumission of Joseph Josino van den Keerkring, aged four, son of Helena Mercelina, by Johannes de Pool. The entry notes a bond. The child’s age and named mother show how family relations entered legal records even as a child’s status remained subject to adult decisions.

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People in this event

Joseph Josino van den Keerkring

Helena Mercelina

Johannes de Pool

Organizations in this Event

Colonial manumission administration