Quassie, van Nieuw Timotibo, 1692?-1787

found: "Trouw aan de blanken", c2004:t.p. (Quassie van Nieuw Timotibo) p.7 (1692-1787) p.9-10 (his first name was variously spelt as Quasje, Quassy, Quassi, Kwassie, Kwasje and Quassie; most commonly known as Quassie) p.13-14 (also known as Quassie van Bedloo van Nieuw Timotibo; Granman Quassie, Granmama Quassie and Quassiemukámba; he was titled "Granman Quasi" or "Granmama Quasi", after the missionaries' name for the governor (granman); in his correspondence from Europe he addressed himself as "Hooggeleerde heer Philipus van Quassie professor in de kruidkunde in Suriname"; he was also named Quassie van Tjedú, Tjedú derived from his origin of birth) p.14-16 (born sometime between 1692 and 1697 in Tébou, West Africa; enslaved Oct. 1712 and transported to Surinam via France and ended up at the Nieuw Timotobo sugar plantation; moved to Amsterdam in 1776, died 1787 there) p.94 (Quassie van Timotibo)

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