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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It is impossible to arrive at an exact knowledge of the extent of their farming operations , since they took great care to ... There were at that time 554 free burghers at the Cape , of whom probably less than 400 possessed farms .
It is impossible to arrive at an exact knowledge of the extent of their farming operations , since they took great care to ... There were at that time 554 free burghers at the Cape , of whom probably less than 400 possessed farms .
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THE LOAN FARM SYSTEM 151 Karoo , and ten years later he was commanding the burgher forces on the eastern border in their first clash with ... but this did not yet imply that large numbers of independent loan farms were being occupied .
THE LOAN FARM SYSTEM 151 Karoo , and ten years later he was commanding the burgher forces on the eastern border in their first clash with ... but this did not yet imply that large numbers of independent loan farms were being occupied .
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On the fruit , wine and wheat farms of the Western Province of the Cape , agricultural labour remains predominantly " coloured " or half - caste , working on long - term contracts for a daily wage varying from perhaps half - a - crown ...
On the fruit , wine and wheat farms of the Western Province of the Cape , agricultural labour remains predominantly " coloured " or half - caste , working on long - term contracts for a daily wage varying from perhaps half - a - crown ...
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Contents
CHAPTER I | 1 |
South 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, 1929 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 12 Jun 2008 |
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