Jacobus Capitein
Dutch missionary · Actors · Lived 1717 to 1747 · aged 29
Jacobus Elisa Johannes Capitein was a Dutch writer, Calvinist clergyman and missionary best known for being the first individual of African descent to be ordained as a minister in an established Protestant church.
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About this person
Born in Western Africa, Capitein was taken to the Dutch Republic at a young age, where he studied theology and wrote on Christianity and slavery before returning to West Africa and eventually dying in debt.
Category
Actors
Type
TV Personality
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1717 to 1747 · aged 29
