In 1649 44-year old sailor Pieter Claesz Bruin from Brazil married Lijsbeth Pieters from Angola. They were an important couple in the small black community around de Jodenbreestraat in Amsterdam. #BlackHistoryMonth #5
In 1649 44-year old sailor Pieter Claesz Bruin from Brazil married Lijsbeth Pieters from Angola. They were an important couple in the small black community around de Jodenbreestraat in Amsterdam. #BlackHistoryMonth #5
In 1649 44-year old sailor Pieter Claesz Bruin from Brazil married Lijsbeth Pieters from Angola. They were an important couple in the small black community around de Jodenbreestraat in Amsterdam. #BlackHistoryMonth #5
They were the godparents of different Black children born in the area. Like Pieter, the son of Alexander van Angola and Lijsbeth Dames and Catharina, the daughter of Louis
and Esperanza Alphonse. The children were baptized in the House Moyses. #BlackHistoryMonth
They were the godparents of different Black children born in the area. Like Pieter, the son of Alexander van Angola and Lijsbeth Dames and Catharina, the daughter of Louisand Esperanza Alphonse. The children were baptized in the House Moyses. #BlackHistoryMonth
They were the godparents of different Black children born in the area. Like Pieter, the son of Alexander van Angola and Lijsbeth Dames and Catharina, the daughter of Louisand Esperanza Alphonse. The children were baptized in the House Moyses. #BlackHistoryMonth
They were the godparents of different Black children born in the area. Like Pieter, the son of Alexander van Angola and Lijsbeth Dames and Catharina, the daughter of Louisand Esperanza Alphonse. The children were baptized in the House Moyses. #BlackHistoryMonth
Read more about Pieter Claesz Bruijn and Lijsbeth Pieters in 'Black in Rembrandt's Time' @rembrandthuis https://webshop.rembrandthuis.nl/en/black.html  and in Dutch in @_tseg https://www.tseg.nl/article/10.18352/tseg.995/
TSEG - The Low Countries Journal of Social and Economic History

Article: 'Al de swarten die hier ter stede comen' Een Afro-Atlantische gemeenschap in zeventiende-eeuws Amsterdam

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