The family reconstruction records Jannetje’s birth on Bonaire as Elizabeth Goeloe’s sixth child. The record makes family life visible during enslavement, while the colonial system generally recorded maternal identity more fully than enslaved fathers.
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Eventonan Relashoná
What do the Aruba muster lists and later Bonaire records show when read together?
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Splikashon
The family study links muster lists, letters, manumission, emancipation, and civil records across islands.
The June 1860 Aruba request sought a mason and a carpenter from Bonaire or Curaçao.
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Splikashon
The digitized correspondence summarized in the family study gives those occupations and possible sources.