The Cambridge History of the British Empire, Volume 8John Holland Rose University Press, 1929 - Great Britain |
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... slaves by requiring them to hawk provisions and articles of dress . Others allowed their slaves to work for their own profit on payment of a weekly sum . Many were expert craftsmen and did well at Cape Town , particularly in wood ...
... slaves by requiring them to hawk provisions and articles of dress . Others allowed their slaves to work for their own profit on payment of a weekly sum . Many were expert craftsmen and did well at Cape Town , particularly in wood ...
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... Slaves , was set up by proclamation of Lord Charles Somerset . The measure was intended to check , not merely the illicit introduction of slaves , but also the re - enslavement of manumitted persons and the merging of prize negroes in ...
... Slaves , was set up by proclamation of Lord Charles Somerset . The measure was intended to check , not merely the illicit introduction of slaves , but also the re - enslavement of manumitted persons and the merging of prize negroes in ...
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... slaves derived much real benefit from the long series of measures which preceded ultimate emancipation . The Cape farmer had strict notions of his right of property in slaves . Resentment at interference with what he held to be his just ...
... slaves derived much real benefit from the long series of measures which preceded ultimate emancipation . The Cape farmer had strict notions of his right of property in slaves . Resentment at interference with what he held to be his just ...
Contents
CHAPTER I | 1 |
Southern African Rivers | 7 |
The Karoo and the Kalahari 569 | 15 |
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