Publisher's Synopsis
This title describes the lives of slaves at the Cape under Dutch and British rule. The approach is accessible (the title is suitable for general readers and high-school libraries as well as undergraduates) and the aim is to present slaves as real individuals living in a particular social and historical context, people who are the ancestors of many South Africans today.;The title should tie in with the growing interest in slavery at the Cape, stimulated by the development of the UNESCO slave route and the creation of the Slave Lodge Museum.
