Cape of Torments

Slavery and Resistance in South Africa

Robert Ross (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

170 Seiten

2024
Routledge (Verlag)
978-1-032-30961-3 (ISBN)

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Cape of Torments, first published in 1983, is a detailed examination of slavery in the Colony of the Cape of Good Hope. A major theme of the book is the extent to which the Cape slaves were able to build a culture of their own, and the legacy of slavery to their descendants in modern South Africa.

Cape of Torments, first published in 1983, is a detailed examination of slavery in the Colony of the Cape of Good Hope. It describes the reactions of the slaves to their conditions of slavery, concentrating on those aspects of their lives which their masters considered criminal, and above all on the large numbers of occasions when slaves ran away in an attempt to start a new life elsewhere. The book examines Cape society and slave organization; the complex relations between slaves and the other groups of population at the Cape – Khoisan, Xhosa, Sotho-Tswana, Dutch East India Co servants and sailors – and the opportunities for escape; major uprisings and rebellions. The major theme of the book is the extent to which the Cape slaves were able to build a culture of their own, and the legacy of slavery to their descendants in modern South Africa.

Robert Ross

1. Introduction 2. The Beginning and the Setting 3. The Structure of Domination 4. The Slaves and the Khoisan 5. Hanglip 6. The Slaves and the Sailors 7. The Slaves and the Africans 8. The Impossibility of Rebellion 9. Conclusion

Erscheinungsdatum	17.02.2024
Reihe/Serie	Routledge Library Editions: Slavery
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 234 mm
Gewicht	320 g
Themenwelt	Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Neuzeit (bis 1918)
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
ISBN-10	1-032-30961-X / 103230961X
ISBN-13	978-1-032-30961-3 / 9781032309613
Zustand	Neuware