Slavery in Dutch South Africa

by Nigel Worden

This was the first comprehensive analysis of slavery in early colonial South Africa under the Dutch East India Company (1652-1795) when it was published in 1985. Based on archival research in Britain, the Netherlands and South Africa, it examines the nature of Cape slavery with reference to the literature on other slave societies. Dr Worden shows how the slave economy developed in town and countryside, and discusses the dynamics of the slave market,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521152666
• ISBN13: 9780521152662
• Release Date: August 2010
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 222 Pages
• Weight: 0.73 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"