Slavery, Emancipation and Colonial Rule in South Africa - Brossura

Dooling, Wayne

Brossura

ISBN 10: 1869141105 ISBN 13: 9781869141103

Casa editrice: University of KwaZulu-Natal Press, 2007

Riassunto

This book examines the rural Cape Colony from the earliest days of Dutch colonial rule in the mid-seventeenth century to the outbreak of the South African War in 1899.For slaves and slave-owners alike, incorporation into the British Empire at the beginning of the nineteenth century brought fruits that were bitter-sweet. The gentry had initially done well by accepting British rule but were ultimately faced with the legislated ending of servile labour. To slaves and Khoisan servants, British rule brought freedom, but a freedom that remained limited. The gentry accomplished this feat only with great difficulty. Increasingly, their dominance of the countryside was threatened by English-speaking merchants and moneylenders, a challenge that stimulated early Afrikaner nationalism. The alliances that ensured nineteenth-century colonial stability all but fell apart as the descendants of slaves and Khoisan turned on their erstwhile masters during the South African War of 1899-1902.

Su questa edizione

• Editore: University of KwaZulu-Natal Press
• Data di pubblicazione: 2007
• ISBN 10: 1869141105
• ISBN 13: 9781869141103
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 256