This important study sheds light on the history of the South African interior during the eighteenth century, a time in which South Africa's specific variant of social discrimination first evolved. Susan Newton-King describes the tense and volatile relationship between European settlers and the indigenous Khoisan peoples. She probes beneath the surface to examine the underlying causes of the pervasive violence that marked relations between masters and servants in the eastern Cape. Focusing on the fate of the many women and children captured by Boer commandoes, she shows why they were assimilated to the condition of captive labour. She also provides a detailed account of the 'Bushman war' on the north-east frontier. Her analysis links the frontier economy and the markets and merchants of Cape Town, and indicates the overriding importance of the commercial policies of the Dutch East India Company.
| ISBN: | 9780521481533 |
| Publication date: | 7th August 1999 |
| Author: | Susan NewtonKing |
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 335 pages |
| Series: | African Studies |
| Genres: |
African history |
This important study sheds light on the history of the South African interior during the eighteenth century, a time in which South Africa's specific variant of social discrimination first evolved. Susan Newton-King describes the tense and volatile relationship between European settlers and the indigenous Khoisan peoples. She probes beneath the surface to examine the underlying causes of the pervasive violence that marked relations between masters and servants in the eastern Cape. Focusing on the fate of the many women and children captured by Boer commandoes, she shows why they were assimilated to the condition of captive labour. She also provides a detailed account of the 'Bushman war' on the north-east frontier. Her analysis links the frontier economy and the markets and merchants of Cape Town, and indicates the overriding importance of the commercial policies of the Dutch East India Company.
Masters and Servants on the Cape Eastern Frontier, 1760-1803 features in the following genres: African history
Masters and Servants on the Cape Eastern Frontier, 1760-1803 is available in Hardback
Masters and Servants on the Cape Eastern Frontier, 1760-1803 was written by Susan NewtonKing and published by Cambridge University Press
Masters and Servants on the Cape Eastern Frontier, 1760-1803 has 335 pages
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