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A collection of discrete essays with the common theme of gender and slavery at the Cape of Good Hope with a focus on the 1820s

Author: Van der Spuy, Patricia Date: 1993 This is a collection of discrete essays, each embodying original research and bearing on the theme of gender and slavery at the Cape of Good Hope. Amelioration at the Cape profoundly altered gendered perceptions of slaves, both on the part ... Read more
The admission of slaves and 'prize slaves' into the Cape Colony, 1797-1818

Author: Reidy, Michael Charles Date: 1997 This study supports the thesis that slaves were admitted into the Cape colony by the Cape colonial government, even though the government was opposed to slave importation in principle and law (Slave Trade Act, 1807) from 1797-1818. The colonial ... Read more
After Race and Class: Recent Trends in the Historiography of Early Colonial Cape Society

Author: Worden, Nigel Date: 2010 This article reviews the recent upsurge of writing on the history of the early colonial Cape Colony from the VOC period to the early nineteenth century. It responds to important questions raised by Nicole Ulrich's review article of Contingent ... Read more
Capitalisation and proletarianization on a Western Cape farm: Klaver Valley 1812-1898

Author: Host, Elizabeth Anne Date: 1992 This thesis is the study of a single farm, Klaver Valley in the Darling district, 1812 - 1898. Chapter One provides a physical view of Klaver Valley from 1812 to 1898 showing the changes in the landscape and production of grains, wine and ... Read more
The Castle of Good Hope : an examination of controversies and conflicting perceptions : a case study in public history

Author: Gilbert, Cindy Lou Date: 1994 Public history as a distinct discipline emerged in America in the 1970s and by the 1980s a Committee and Council had been established aimed at promoting historical studies, broadening historical knowledge among the general public and opening ... Read more
The changing landscape of the Liesbeek River valley : an investigation of the use of an environmental history approach in historical research and in classroom practice

Author: Bottaro, Jean Date: 1996 This dissertation has two components, one History and one Education, and the central unifying theme is Environmental History. The History component examines the historiography of this sub-discipline, and then applies an environmental analysis ... Read more
Commemorations and conflicts in the production of South African national pasts : the 1952 Jan van Riebeeck tercentenary festival

Author: Witz, Leslie Date: 1997 This thesis investigates how the icon of Jan van Riebeeck acquired a position of prominence in South African public pasts through the government sponsored festival organised in 1952 to commemorate his landing three hundred years previously. ... Read more
Contracted chattel : indentured and apprenticed labor in Cape Town, c.1808-1840

Author: Iannini, Craig ; Iannini, Craig Date: 1995 This thesis examines indentured and apprenticed labor in Cape Town between the years 1808 and 1840. Through analysis of primary material such as the South African Commercial Advertiser, the Colonist, and the Mediator, as well as contemporary ... Read more
Council of (in)justice : crime, status, punishment and decision-makers in the 1730's Cape justice system

Author: Bergemann, Karl J Date: 2012 This dissertation provides a quantitative analysis of various fields drawn directly from the Cape's criminal records of the 1730s, from which a database was created. [It] highlights hypotheses of unequal treatment, separates out various groups ... Read more
Crime, community and police in Cape Town, 1825-1850

Author: Elks, Katherine Dawn Date: 1986 This thesis is primarily an examination of petty crime and law enforcement in Cape Town in the period 1825 -1850. This period was one of fundamental change in terms of the spatial and demographic growth of Cape Town, the diversifying economy ... Read more
The Enslaved people of Simons Town 1743-1843

Author: Young, Joline Date: 2013 This thesis is a study of slavery and emancipation in Simon's Town for the period 1743 to 1843.Through the compilation of a slave database derived from VOC era wills and British colonial era slave registers, quantitative details pertaining ... Read more
Fighting for the spoils : Cape burgerschap and faction disputes in Cape Town in the 1770s

Author: Baartman, Teunis Date: 2011 The Cape of Good Hope was rocked by a period of political turmoil at the end of the 1770s and beginning of 1780s. Coenraad Beyers published an extensive study about this period and labelled the protesters: Cape Patriots ("Die Kaapse Patriotte"). ... Read more
"Good citizens and gentlemen" : public and private space at the South African College, 1880-1918

Author: Swartz, Rebecca Date: 2011 This thesis examines the nature of the distinction between public and private space at the South African College (SAC) between 1880 and 1918. By viewing the College within increasingly wide lenses of analysis, examining the micro-level of ... Read more
Grappling with grapes : wine tourism of the Western Cape

Author: Randle, Tracey Date: 2004 This thesis acts as a series of 'snapshots' into the meaning of 'wine tourism'. Each chapter of my main body of work looks at a different segment of wine tourism in the Western Cape: a fast growing industry that inherits attributes from both ... Read more
"A journal among them" : colonial discourse and the creation of an imaginary community in the Graham's Town Journal, 1831-36

Author: McKend, Robert Andrew Date: 1997 This dissertation is a study of the discourse of the Graham's Town Journal in the years 1831 to 1836. An example of early Cape journalism, the Journal was established in the eastern Cape by L.H. Meurant, and owned and operated soon thereafter ... Read more
Law and community in a slave society : Stellenbosch district, c.1760-1820

Author: Dooling, Wayne Date: 1991 This dissertation is primarily concerned with the functioning of the law in the Cape Colony in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries as it pertained to slaves and masters (and to a lesser extent Khoi servants). It examines the ... Read more
Manumission in Isle de France during the revolutionary and post revolutionary years from 1789 to 1810

Author: Rosunee, Pritilah Date: 2002 This research work is an analysis of the whole 'institution' of manumission as it existed in Isle de France during the period between the French Revolution of 1789 and the post-revolutionary years up to British rule in 1810. In his study of ... Read more
Missions and emancipation in the South Western Cape : a case study of Groenekloof (Mamre), 1838-1852

Author: Ludlow, Helen Date: 1992 While the past decade has seen a proliferation of studies of Cape slavery, there has been very little research directed at the immediate post-emancipation period. This study seeks to examine the consequences of emancipation for the former ... Read more
The mutiny on the Meermin

Author: Alexander, Andrew Date: 2003 During February and March of the year 1766, Dutch slaving vessel, the Meermin, be the site of an act of violent resistance, murder and an abortive bid for freedom. Approximately 140 Madagascan slaves revolted against the VOC crew manning the ... Read more
New approaches to VOC history in South Africa

Author: Worden, Nigel Date: 2007 This special feature of eight articles represents a new wave of writing about the history of the Cape under Dutch East India Company (VOC) rule. This period lasted for almost 150 years (1652-1795), but it has hitherto remained something of a ... Read more