![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() There is now a rich collection of material written by historians on Cape slavery, although some of it is out of print and only available through libraries.Ī good overview with references to follow up, are chapters 3 and 4 of R.Elphick and H.Giliomee, The Shaping of South African Society, 1652-1840 (2nd edition, Maskew Miller Longman, Cape Town, 1989), translated as ‘n Samelewing in Wording: Suid-Afrika, 1652-1840 (Tweede uitgawe, Maskew Miller Longman, Kaapstad, 1990).Ī study which places slavery into the context of Cape society as a whole is Timothy Keegan, Colonial South Africa and the Origins of the Racial Order (David Philip, Cape Town, Leicester University Press, Leicester and University Press of Virginia, Charlottesville, 1996).ĭetailed studies of many aspects of Cape slavery are: Robert Ross, Cape of Torments: Slavery and Resistance in South Africa (Routledge, London, 1983), Nigel Worden, Slavery in Dutch South Africa (Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1985) and Robert Shell, Children of Bondage: a Social History of Slavery at the Cape of Good Hope, 1652-1838 (Witwatersrand University Press, Johannesburg and Wesleyan University Press, Hanover and London, 1994). Here are some suggestions of good places to start. There are many different types of resources available on Cape slavery. WHERE TO FIND FURTHER INFORMATION ON CAPE SLAVERY: ![]()
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