The Cambridge History of the British Empire, Volume 8John Holland Rose, Arthur Percival Newton, Ernest Alfred Benians, Henry Dodwell The University Press, 1929 - Great Britain |
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... SLAVE IMPORTATION 265 slave children.1 In the towns the competition of unfree mechanics and artisans discouraged the Dutch from entering useful trades . Slaves performed most of the work in carpentry and masonry for the master builder ...
... SLAVE IMPORTATION 265 slave children.1 In the towns the competition of unfree mechanics and artisans discouraged the Dutch from entering useful trades . Slaves performed most of the work in carpentry and masonry for the master builder ...
Page 270
... slaves were usually accompanied by stipulations as to compensation in one form or another . In 1828 , a Cape of Good Hope Philan- thropic Society had been established for the purpose of aiding " de- serving slaves and slave children to ...
... slaves were usually accompanied by stipulations as to compensation in one form or another . In 1828 , a Cape of Good Hope Philan- thropic Society had been established for the purpose of aiding " de- serving slaves and slave children to ...
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... slaves remained what it had been . The scarcity of vacant cultivable land compelled enfranchised slaves , in the majority of cases , to work for their former masters , and to continue to do so after the termination of apprenticeship ...
... slaves remained what it had been . The scarcity of vacant cultivable land compelled enfranchised slaves , in the majority of cases , to work for their former masters , and to continue to do so after the termination of apprenticeship ...
Contents
CHAPTER I | 1 |
South African Rivers | 7 |
The Karoo and the Kalahari | 15 |
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