Early Slavery at the Cape of Good Hope 1652-1717, by Karel Schoeman
Early Slavery at the Cape of Good Hope 1652-1717, by Karel Schoeman
Published by Protea in 2007, 507 pages. Hardback with Dust Jacket now protected with a Cellophane cover.
ISBN 9781869191474
Condition: As new. This book is in an excellent condition. The DJ has some very, very slight signs of wear and the pages are clean, intact and the spine remains perfect. This book has clearly been well maintained and looked after thus far.
From the flyleaf: “…. describes the transplanting of slavery from the Dutch colonies in the East and the first sixty years of its development under local conditions…” The author bases his account mainly on contemporary sources and provides as much information on individual slaves and their lives as these allow. According to the author, the first slave reached the Cape in 1653, a year after the first white settler party under Jan van Riebeeck. Slavery was to remain an institution here until the end of the Dutch period in 1795, for it was not until 1834 under British Administration, that Cape slaves were finally emancipated. Includes an index of personal names with references to individual slaves using their first names. The descriptor ‘(slave)’ has been added only where a toponym is lacking and to distinguish between individuals with similar names.
