The Cambridge History of the British Empire, Volume 8John Holland Rose, Arthur Percival Newton, Ernest Alfred Benians, Henry Dodwell The University Press, 1963 - Great Britain |
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Logically , therefore , the only means of increasing production and at the same time cutting down expense was the introduction of colonists . By 1655 the Company had been farming for three years on its own account and the results had ...
Logically , therefore , the only means of increasing production and at the same time cutting down expense was the introduction of colonists . By 1655 the Company had been farming for three years on its own account and the results had ...
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Finally , the colonists were to be subject to all the existing and future laws of the Netherlands and India , and the conditions on which they held their farms could be altered at the pleasure of the Directors .
Finally , the colonists were to be subject to all the existing and future laws of the Netherlands and India , and the conditions on which they held their farms could be altered at the pleasure of the Directors .
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None of them realised that , once a considerable body of colonists was established , the settlement could not be confined within any ring - fence . The colonists would labour to extend their holdings and their herds .
None of them realised that , once a considerable body of colonists was established , the settlement could not be confined within any ring - fence . The colonists would labour to extend their holdings and their herds .
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Contents
CHAPTER I | 1 |
Southern African Rivers | 7 |
The Karoo and the Kalahari | 15 |
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| Title | The Cambridge History of the British Empire, Volume 8 The Cambridge History of the British Empire, John Holland Rose |
| Editors | John Holland Rose, Arthur Percival Newton, Ernest Alfred Benians, Henry Dodwell |
| Publisher | The University Press, 1963 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 3 Feb 2009 |
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