How to categorize this first non-indigenous inhabitant of Manhattan

Question

On 28 Oct 2023 L A Banta wrote on Rodrigues-477:

I would like to inquire with the NNS project if we could add the African-American sticker to this profile? It is significant that he is of African and Portuguese descent, rather than Dutch, and extraordinary that he is first documented non-indigenous inhabitant of Manhattan. Perhaps he could be co-managed by US Black Heritage Project?

I would like to bring attention to his African roots, but no categories seem quite correct.

Comments

2 sources on there need correction, the Simon Hart link leads nowhere, and the one to the research paper leads to a newspaper site.

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The member who created the profile has passed away, so it is no longer possible to ask him to follow up on sources he cited that can no longer be identified.  Based on his other work, I assume that he had a good basis for his content. We need to keep the citations on the profile until we can either fully identify his sources or find replacement sources.

Answer 1

I think the African American Sticker would be an appropriate addition to this profile, and also to the three profiles in Category:African Immigrants to New Netherland. (There are a few additional named Africans in the early history of New Netherland who may or may not have profiles, and also could be given that sticker.)

NOTE: This man is of historical interest, but since there is no evidence to connect him to any parents, siblings, or children, this is not an important profile from.the perspective of genealogy.

Answer 2

The van Salee brothers, https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Jansen-132 and https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Jansen-455 , might also be of interest for their presumed African birth, and Abraham's connection to notable African-Americans.