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Slavery in South Africa existed from 1653 in the Dutch Cape Colony until the abolition of slavery in the British Cape Colony on 1 January 1834. This followed the British banning the trade of slaves between colonies in 1807 , with their emancipation by 1834 .
Slave traffickers brought 63,000 slaves to South Africa between 1658 and 1808, when the British abolished the slave trade. [4] [5] [6] Catharina Anthonis, became the first slave to be freed to marry Jan Woutersz, a Dutch settler, in 1656. In 1658 a Portuguese slaver was captured and 174 slaves were taken.
The Migrant Farmer in the History of the Cape Colony, 1657-1842. Athens: Ohio University Press. ISBN 978-0-8214-1090-5. Theal, George McCall (1887). History of the Boers in South Africa; Or, the Wanderings and Wars of the Emigrant Farmers from Their Leaving the Cape Colony to the Acknowledgment of Their Independence by Great Britain. London: S ...
She was brought to the Cape on the VOC ship Prins Willem by the Freeburgher Pieter Kemp, who after his arrival at the Cape, sold her to Jan Van Riebeeck, making her one of the first slaves brought to South Africa. When Van Riebeeck left the Cape in 1662, Angela was sold to another burgher, Abraham Gabbema, who finally freed Angela (and her ...
Slave Trade Act passed. 1808 Perseverance Tavern founded. First Slave Revolt. 1814 – Cape Town ceded to Britain by the Anglo–Dutch Treaty of 1814. [12] 1819 Commercial Exchange founded. [9] Howell's bookshop in business. [6] 1820 – Royal Observatory founded. [9] 1821 South African Public Library founded. [10] Flagstaff erected on Lion's ...
Map of Meridian Line set under the Treaty of Tordesillas The Slave Trade by Auguste François Biard, 1840. The Atlantic slave trade is customarily divided into two eras, known as the first and second Atlantic systems. Slightly more than 3% of the enslaved people exported from Africa were traded between 1525 and 1600, and 16% in the 17th century.
The Portuguese had little competition in the region until the late 16th century, when the English and Dutch began to challenge them along their trade routes. Stops at the continent's southern tip increased, and the cape became a regular stopover for scurvy-ridden crews. In 1647, a Dutch vessel, the Haarlem, was wrecked in the present-day Table Bay.
The history of slavery spans many cultures, nationalities, and religions from ancient times to the present day. Likewise, its victims have come from many different ethnicities and religious groups. The social, economic, and legal positions of slaves have differed vastly in different systems of slavery in different times and places. [1]