slaves at the Capes

Question 1

was there slaves in the cape before the dutch

Answer 1

NO

Question 2

what was Jan van Riebeeck prohibited to do

Answer 2

making local people slaves

Question 3

what was the first slaves

Answer 3

ship stoways

Question 4

for how many years did the dutch make people into slaves and how many

Answer 4

150 years over 30 000

Question 5

where was the first slaves from (5)

Answer 5

• Angola
• west Africa
• madagascar
• india
• sri lanka

Question 6

what happened because of this

Answer 6

slaves spoke different lang and had different religions

Question 7

how were slaves brought to the Cape

Answer 7

• many slaves were captured during wars and sold to traders
• slaves were left in Cape because VOC members went to netherland where you wern’t allowed to have slaves
• slave brought by slave ships
• when ships straneded on cape
• slaves were separated from families, got false promises,, transported under terrible conditions

Question 8

where were slaves sold

Answer 8

Auctions

Question 9

what did the household slaves do (8)

Answer 9

• worked in homes
• cleaning
• washing
• ironing clothes
• cooking food
• fetching water from pump
• chopped wood
• repaired clothes

Question 10

how many slaves did wine farmers

Answer 10

min- 50

Question 11

what did the garden and field slaves do (9)

Answer 11

• weeding
• watering
• tending/ herding livestock
• ploughing
• planting
• harvesting
• using equipment
• sift the grain to separate the wheat from the chaff
• wheat put into bags and piled on top of each other

Question 12

did kid slaves help

Answer 12

YES

Question 13

explain slave housing (13)

Answer 13

• slaves slept outside when hot
• household slaves slept in kitchen
• large farms had slave houses
• slaves sometime did unskilled work
• learnt certain skills
• sometime worked as plasterers/masons
• builders
• painters
• carpenters
• shoemakers
• dressmakers/tailors
• boatbuilders
• donkey cart drivers

Question 14

what else did they do

Answer 14

made and sold items in town

Question 15

how did slave owners differ

Answer 15

some slave owners took part of the money and gave the rest to the slave

Question 16

what causes and effects of slave resistance at the cape

Answer 16

the slave owners were very strict and punished slaves using cruel punishments, such as physical/corporal punishments, starvation, or forced them to work longer
if wanted to run away they were simply given harsher punishments

Question 17

what were the certain rules for slaves (8)

Answer 17

• had to be home by 22:00
• if out after 22:00 had to have a light/letter
• could not ride wagons/ or horseback in the streets
• could not gather outside door at church
• slaves could not go to the to bars or buy alcohol
• could not talk to other slaves in the street
• if insulted a farmer got corporal punishments/beating
• if hit slave owner could be executed

Question 18

how could slaves not have a normal life (4)

Answer 18

could not get married
bought and sold at auctions
hired out to other people
any children born from slaves were slave owner property

Question 19

what happened to slaves who repelled

Answer 19

it was difficult to stand together
during 1800 2 small organised uprisings by slaves while under british rule
another uprising took place in 1808 by 2 slaves (louis van Mauritius and Abraham van der Caab) marched to cape town along with 300 slaves to demand their freedom
the second uprising took place on a farm in 1825 ( Galant van der Caab and another few slaves) were sentenced to death

Question 20

for how long were there slaves in the Cape

Answer 20

180 years

Question 21

how did the slaves help (5)

Answer 21

• their work helped develop the country
• helped to erect many buildings
• helped to expand and establish farms
• left a rich cultural heritage
• brought recipes like bredies, stews, bobotie, etc

Question 22

explain ISLAM

Answer 22

the religion was brought by slaves as well as political leaders
it spread through the country
this is why where is so many mosques in the Cape

Question 23

explain the development of the Afrikaanse language

Answer 23

slaves helped create the Afrikaanse language
used and added words from their own lang to make Afri a rich lang
legacy is mixture of dutch, euro lang and own lang