The Cambridge History of the British Empire, Volume 8John Holland Rose, Arthur Percival Newton, Ernest Alfred Benians, Henry Dodwell The University Press, 1936 - Great Britain |
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Page 117
... Colonists alone could do what the Directors desired . The conditions on which such colonists should be permitted were carefully outlined . They would have to be attracted by prospects of gain and be attached to the soil in such a way ...
... Colonists alone could do what the Directors desired . The conditions on which such colonists should be permitted were carefully outlined . They would have to be attracted by prospects of gain and be attached to the soil in such a way ...
Page 123
... colonists , was that it provoked war with the Hottentots . Van Riebeeck relates that while he was selecting lands for the future colonists , the Hottentots , who were camped in the neighbourhood , " hearing talk of building houses here ...
... colonists , was that it provoked war with the Hottentots . Van Riebeeck relates that while he was selecting lands for the future colonists , the Hottentots , who were camped in the neighbourhood , " hearing talk of building houses here ...
Page 144
... colonists remain unappeased , and dare to appeal unto Caesar - what a coil ! Therefore , the colonists had to be upheld and their leader mollified by the renewal of his lost meat contract . But that was as far as the XVII would go . The ...
... colonists remain unappeased , and dare to appeal unto Caesar - what a coil ! Therefore , the colonists had to be upheld and their leader mollified by the renewal of his lost meat contract . But that was as far as the XVII would go . The ...
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