Illegitimacy and family formation in colonial Cape Town, to c. 1850.
From: Journal of Social History
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Date: 6/22/2006
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Author: Malherbe, Vertrees C.
For 143 years after European settlement in 1652 the Cape of Good Hope was governed by the Dutch East India Company (VOC), a chartered company of the United Provinces of the Netherlands. (2) Founded as a refreshment station for Company fleets, bound for the VOC's eastern empire, the town which began as a fort and garden spread to fill the mountain-flanked bowl which faced on Table Bay. In 1806, as a result of the internecine conflict besetting Europe, the British took possession of ...
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