Masters and servants on the Cape eastern frontier, 1760-1803 / Susan Newton-King.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Newton-King, Susan.

Series:

African studies series ; 97.

African studies series ; 97

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

San (African people)--History.

San (African people).

Khoikhoi (African people)--History.

Khoikhoi (African people).

History.

Cape of Good Hope (South Africa)--Race relations--History.

Cape of Good Hope (South Africa).

Cape of Good Hope (South Africa)--History--To 1795.

Physical Description:

xi, 335 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, U.K. ; New York, USA : Cambridge University Press, 1999.

Summary:

Describing the volatile relationship between European settlers and the indigenous Khoisan peoples in eighteenth-century southern Africa, this book explores the underlying causes of this pervasive violence in the eastern Cape, and considers the fate of the many women and children captured by Boer commandos and then assimilated to the condition of captive labor. It also offers a detailed analysis of the frontier economy, linking it to the markets and merchants of Cape Town, and revealing its subservience to the commercial policies of the Dutch East India Company.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 317-331) and index.

ISBN:

0521481538

OCLC:

41960384