Land dispossession and the consequences for the indigenous population Flashcards
how did the Khoi-khoi lives change
as the Cape grew the khoi lost their land and their lifestyle changed
the Free burgers made fences around their land
this led to war which the Dutch had an advantage to because of Guns
the khoi moved inland after the war ( the khoi lost)
as the tf moved inlands the khoi had to move to keep their independents
many of the khoi ended up working on the farms
the smallpox in the 1700 killed many khois
the disease came with the europeans
what does Genadendal mean
valley of mercy
who established the first mission station in South Africa in 1738
the german missionary George Schmidt from the Moravian Missionary society
what did George teach the slaves and the khoi
about Christianity and how to read and write
why did the locals not like George and what did they do
he taught the khois how ton read and write
they reported him to the Government and he had to stop his work after 7 years and returned to Germany in 1745
what happened in 1792
the VOC gave the Moravian church permission to continue with George work and rebuild the mission station. the khoi went and lived in Genadendal and within 15 years it was the largest settlement in the Cape Town the khoi started a trading business
what happened in 1833
the first teacher training college in South Africa was established in Genadendal
why was there a ‘war’ in the north
the farmers hunted and the san started to hunt the farmers cattle which made the farmers made who killed over 1000 sans which the farmers had an advantage bc they had horses and guns
the ones that survived moved to the desert and started dying out
who helped preserve their history
william bleek and lucy llyd
who was wiliam bleek
a German who studied many lang
physiologist. interested in african lang
he came to SA in 1855 to learn about afri lang
slaves and san were doing construction on a harbour
bleek could talk to the prisoner to lear their lang
some prisoners went to live with him in Mowbray
explain lucy lloyd
bleeks sister-in-law
learnt the san/xam lang and recorded the life stories of the san as well as their traditions and customs
after bleeks death in 1875 lloyd continued with the work
originates from england parents immigrated to SA when she was 14
did good work preserving the history of the San
when was bleek born and when did he die
8 March 1827- 17 aug 1875
when did lucy Catherine Lloyd die and born
7 nov 1834- 31 aug 1914
