Dutch rule In 1652, Jan van Riebeeck set up a refreshment station for ships bound to the Dutch East Indies in what is now Cape Town and requested slaves. The first slave, Abraham van Batavia arrived in 1653 ("van Batavia" meaning "from Batavia", the name of Jakarta during the Dutch colonial period), and shortly afterward, a slaving voyage was undertaken from the Cape to Mauritius and Madagascar. Eventually, van Riebeeck forcibly enslaved Africans for work in the Cape Colony .
Dutch rule In 1652, Jan van Riebeeck set up a refreshment station for ships bound to the Dutch East Indies in what is now Cape Town and requested slaves. The first slave, Abraham van Batavia arrived in 1653 ("van Batavia" meaning "from Batavia", the name of Jakarta during the Dutch colonial period), and shortly afterward, a slaving voyage was undertaken from the Cape to Mauritius and Madagascar. Van Riebeeck was acutely aware that the migrant Khoikhoi population were useless as a source of productive labour and proposed the importation of Chinese workers, however this plan was never realized .
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Eventually, van Riebeeck forcibly enslaved Africans for work in the Cape Colony
Van Riebeeck was acutely aware that the migrant Khoikhoi population were useless as a source of productive labour and proposed the importation of Chinese workers, however this plan was never realized