Masters and servants on the Cape Eastern frontier, 1760-1803
By: Susan Newton-King.
Series: African studies series
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Cambridge; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 335
Subjects: Frontier and pioneer life -- South Africa -- Cape of Good Hope.; Industrial relations -- South Africa -- Cape of Good Hope -- History -- 18th century.; Industrial relations -- South Africa -- Cape of Good Hope -- History -- 19th century.; Slavery -- South Africa -- Cape of Good Hope -- History -- 18th century.; Slavery -- South Africa -- Cape of Good Hope -- History -- 19th century.; Cape of Good Hope (South Africa) -- Race relations -- History -- 18th century.; Cape of Good Hope (South Africa) -- Race relations -- History -- 19th century.
Description: "This study sheds light on the history of the South African interior during the eighteenth century, virtually a lost century in South African historiography, and yet one in which South Africa's specific variant of social discrimination first evolved. Susan Newton-King describes the tense and volatile relationship between European settlers and the indigenous Khoisan peoples. She probes beneath the surface to examine the underlying causes of the pervasive violence that marked relations between masters and servants in the eastern Cape."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.