...Swellendam, which depend almost totally on slave…
1792 CE to 1803 CE
Politically, the VOC governor continues to be in firm control, although a number of wealthy burghers exercise considerable informal influence.
Socially, the community is marked by considerable stratification and diversity.
Most wealth is concentrated in the hands of a few company officials and a minority of burghers.
The majority of Europeans earn a living as artisans, traders, and innkeepers, although almost all whites own at least one or two slaves.
A small community of mixed-race people has also emerged, the offspring of relationships among whites, Khoikhoi, Asians, and enslaved Africans.
Groups
San (Bushmen)
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Khoikhoi
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Dutch people
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Huguenots (the “Reformed”)
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Dutch East India Company (Vereenigde Oostindische Compagnie or VOC in Dutch, literally "United East Indies Company")
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Cape Colony, Dutch East India Company's
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Cape Colony, Batavian Republic's
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