Contracted chattel : indentured and apprenticed labor in Cape Town, c.1808-1840

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dc.contributor.advisorWorden, Nigel
dc.contributor.authorIannini, Craig
dc.contributor.authorIannini, Craig
dc.date.accessioned2017-01-26T07:36:47Z
dc.date.available2017-01-26T07:36:47Z
dc.date.issued1995
dc.date.updated2016-11-22T09:50:23Z
dc.description.abstractThis 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 travel accounts, contracts of indenture and apprenticeship, and an examination of the records of the Cape Town Magistrates, this study explores the attitudes and perceptions towards indentured and apprenticed labor by both employers and indentured and apprenticed servants.This study hopes to add to the existing literature pertaining to nineteenth-century Cape Colony labor. This thesis commences with an examination of the different indenture and apprenticeship systems which existed in Cape Town between the years 1808 and 1840. It explores the issue of how employers and the government sought to maintain a constant supply of labor in the city as the prominence of urban slavery declined. It also discusses the important issue of how employers defined the terms apprentice and indenture. Chapter two explores the topic of child apprenticeship in Cape Town between the years 1812 to 1840, and illustrates that the notion of child apprenticeship was understood in different ways between employers and parents of apprenticed children. Chapter three investigates the stereotypes Cape Town's English speaking employers held towards the city's indentured and apprenticed laborers. The final chapter explores the question of status and incorporation into Cape Town society for the city's indentured and apprenticed laborers, and demonstrates that laborers did not enjoy equal status to the city's slaves.
dc.identifier.apacitationIannini, C., & Iannini, C. (1995). <i>Contracted chattel : indentured and apprenticed labor in Cape Town, c.1808-1840</i>. (Thesis). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of Historical Studies. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/23252en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationIannini, Craig, and Craig Iannini. <i>"Contracted chattel : indentured and apprenticed labor in Cape Town, c.1808-1840."</i> Thesis., University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of Historical Studies, 1995. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/23252en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationIannini, C., Iannini, C. 1995. Contracted chattel : indentured and apprenticed labor in Cape Town, c.1808-1840. University of Cape Town.en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Iannini, Craig AU - Iannini, Craig AB - 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 travel accounts, contracts of indenture and apprenticeship, and an examination of the records of the Cape Town Magistrates, this study explores the attitudes and perceptions towards indentured and apprenticed labor by both employers and indentured and apprenticed servants.This study hopes to add to the existing literature pertaining to nineteenth-century Cape Colony labor. This thesis commences with an examination of the different indenture and apprenticeship systems which existed in Cape Town between the years 1808 and 1840. It explores the issue of how employers and the government sought to maintain a constant supply of labor in the city as the prominence of urban slavery declined. It also discusses the important issue of how employers defined the terms apprentice and indenture. Chapter two explores the topic of child apprenticeship in Cape Town between the years 1812 to 1840, and illustrates that the notion of child apprenticeship was understood in different ways between employers and parents of apprenticed children. Chapter three investigates the stereotypes Cape Town's English speaking employers held towards the city's indentured and apprenticed laborers. The final chapter explores the question of status and incorporation into Cape Town society for the city's indentured and apprenticed laborers, and demonstrates that laborers did not enjoy equal status to the city's slaves. DA - 1995 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 1995 T1 - Contracted chattel : indentured and apprenticed labor in Cape Town, c.1808-1840 TI - Contracted chattel : indentured and apprenticed labor in Cape Town, c.1808-1840 UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/23252 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/23252
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationIannini C, Iannini C. Contracted chattel : indentured and apprenticed labor in Cape Town, c.1808-1840. [Thesis]. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of Historical Studies, 1995 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/23252en_ZA
dc.language.isoeng
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisher.departmentDepartment of Historical Studiesen_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Humanitiesen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.subject.otherIndentured servants - South Africa - Cape Town - History
dc.subject.otherContract labor - South Africa - Cape Town - History
dc.subject.otherLabor - South Africa - Cape Town - History
dc.subject.otherChildren - Employment - South Africa - Cape T
dc.subject.otherHistorical Studies
dc.titleContracted chattel : indentured and apprenticed labor in Cape Town, c.1808-1840
dc.titleContracted chattel : indentured and apprenticed labor in Cape Town, c.1808-1840
dc.typeMaster Thesis
dc.type.qualificationlevelMasters
dc.type.qualificationnameMA
uct.type.publicationResearch
uct.type.resourceThesis
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