Volume 2

Researches in South Africa; illustrating the civil, moral, and religious condition of the native tribes: including journals of the author's travels in the interior / Together with detailed accounts of the progress of the Christian missions, exhibiting the influence of Christianity in promoting civilization. By the Rev. John Philip.

  • Philip, John, 1775-1851.
Date:
1828
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Credit: Researches in South Africa; illustrating the civil, moral, and religious condition of the native tribes: including journals of the author's travels in the interior / Together with detailed accounts of the progress of the Christian missions, exhibiting the influence of Christianity in promoting civilization. By the Rev. John Philip. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Page lation at the Cape.—Unsatisfactory Character of the ° Documents produced.—Remarks of the Commissioners of Inquiry. — Examination of the Parliamentary Re- turn.—Grants of Land to Hottentots——Lord Charles Somerset’s Statement.—Mr.: George Thompson’s State- ment.—Case of the Hottentot Zwarts.—Actual State of the Aborigines in regard to holding Land » ° 244 CHAPTER XIV. Official Return of Commandoes against the Bushmen.—Com- mandant Nel’s Confessions.—Humane pretences of the Colonial Government.—Letter to Rev. B. Shaw.—Traffic in Bushmen Children.—Pretexts of the Colonists for con- tinuing this Traffic.—Comparative Humanity of the Dutch and English Governments towards the Bushmen.—Real objects of Commandoes ; : . ; é . 260 CHAPTER XV. Knowledge possessed by the Colonial Government of the Traffic in Bushmen Children at the period when the Missions to that people were suppressed.—Letters from Messrs. Read and Smith on the Suppression of these Mis- sions.—Statement of the Commissioners of Inquiry re- specting the Bushmen.—Appeal to the British Public in regard to the cruel treatment of the Bushman Nation . 276 Cuapter XVI. Examination of the Report of the Commissioners of Inquiry respecting the Bechuana Refugees.— Disorders occasioned by the Bergenaars, fomented by the Frontier Colonists. — Mr. Melvill’s Journey to Cape Town, and Correspondence on the subject with the Colonial Government.—Conduct of the Colonial Government on this Occasion.—Remarks of the Commissioners on the Occupation of the Bushman Country.—Situation of the Bastaard Population on the Northern Frontier.—Connivance of the Government in the Encroachments of the Boors.—Means suggested by the Commissioners for the Improvement of the Coloured Population. ‘ , . ‘ ~ ° ‘ 291