dutch settlers came to south africa on 6 april 1652.
when did dutch settlers come to south africa?
6 april 1652
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another reason for dutch-speaking white farmers trekking away from the cape was the abolition of slavery by the british government on emancipation day, 1 december 1838. the farmers complained they could not replace the labour of their slaves without losing an excessive amount of money. the farmers had invested large amounts of capital in slaves. owners who had purchased slaves on credit or put them up as surety against loans faced financial ruin. this is to be queried as the boers were in favor of abolishment of slavery bloemfontein (1854) and sand river conventions (1852, art. 4), britain had allocated the sum of 1 200 000 british pounds as compensation to the dutch settlers, on condition the dutch farmers had to lodge their claims in britain as well as the fact that the value of the slaves was many times the allocated amount. this caused further dissatisfaction among the dutch settlers. the settlers, incorrectly, believed that the cape colony administration had taken the money due to them as payment for freeing their slaves. those settlers who were allocated money could only claim it in britain in person or through an agent. the commission charged by agents was the same as the payment for one slave, thus those settlers only claiming for one slave would receive nothing.
history of south africa