Klaas Blank

Klaas Blank
Bornc. 1705
Died1735 (aged 29–30)
Table Bay, Cape Town, Dutch Cape Colony
Cause of deathExecution by drowning
Known forFirst recorded death sentence for sodomy in Cape Town

Klaas Blank (c. 1705 – 1735), also known as Jantie or Claas Blank, was a Khoi convict in the Dutch Cape Colony. In 1735, he and a fellow convict, Rijkhaart Jacobz, became the first individuals recorded to have been sentenced to death and executed for the crime of sodomy in Cape Town.

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