Masters and Servants on the Cape Eastern Frontier, 1760-1803

Klappentext Describing the volatile relationship between European settlers and the indigenous Khoisan peoples in eighteenth-century southern Africa! this book explores the underlying causes of this pervasive violence in the eastern Cape! and considers the fate of the many women and children captured by Boer commandos and then assimilated to the condition of captive labor. It also offers a detailed analysis of the frontier economy! linking it to the markets and merchants of Cape Town! and revealing its subservience to the commercial policies of the Dutch East India Company. Zusammenfassung This book is about the conquest and reduction to servitude of the Khoisan in the eastern Cape in the period up to 1799. It sheds light on the history of the South African interior during the late eighteenth century! when South Africa's specific variant of social discrimination first evolved. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Introduction; 2. Introducing the characters; 3. Initial encounters of an uncertain kind; 4. 'A multitude of lawless banditti'; 5. Strong things; 6. 'The frenzy of the heathen'; 7. The enemy within; 8. 'We do not live like beasts'; 9. 'A time of breathing'; 10. Postscript.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Susan Newton-King, Susan (University of the Western Cape Newton-King
• Editore: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 08.07.1999
• EAN: 9780521481533
• ISBN: 978-0-521-48153-3
• Pagine: 350
• Serie: African Studies Series; African Studies Series
• Categorie: Saggistica > Storia > Altro; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Storia > Storia dei paesi e delle regioni