Masters and Servants on the Cape Eastern Frontier, 1760-1803 (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780521121248)

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.

Author: Susan Newton-King
ISBN-10: 0521121248
ISBN-13: 9780521121248
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 10/15/2009
Pages: 352
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.14lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.79d