The Project has been updated and includes a new new article from Mansell Upham. [Delia] At Earth`s Extremest End … Op `t eijnde van de Aerd … The genealogical impact of the ‘Angola’ & ‘Guinea’ slaves at the Cape of Good Hope in the 17th century This article investigates the 1st and only slave cargo originating from ‘Angola’ and ‘Guinea’ brought to the southern tip of Africa by the VOC. The slaves arriving (1658) on the Amersfoort (125 souls) and the Hasselt (228 souls) are the only 2 shipments of forced migrants from West and Central Africa ever brought to the VOC-occupied Cape of Good Hope. Their genealogically significant offspring are conspicuous by their absence and/or exclusion in the seminal published works on the origins of Boer / Afrikaner / South African colonial families. The surviving handful is collated, identified and their genealogical impact and contribution to South Africa’s population assessed. Their descendants – including famous historical figures such as: Stephanus Johannes Paulus (Paul) Krüger (1825-1904) - ZAR Boer republic president (1883-1900) Marthinus Theunis Steyn (1858-1916) - OFS Boer republic president (1896-1902) Sir Andries Stockenström (1792-1864) - lieutenant governor of British Kaffraria (1836-1838) ramify, forming the substratum of the emerging not-quite-white colonial society at the tip of Africa permeating initially inter alia the following old Cape families: Badenhorst, Bantjes, Basson, Bergman, Broeders, Colyn, van Coningshoven, Combrink, Coos, van Dyk, Duuring, Ehrenhaut, van Eeden, Eksteen, Goosen, Hartog, Heyns, Hoffman, Holloway, Holmberg, Jacobs, Jonas, Jonker, Kraak, Krüger, Laing, Langeveld, Oberholzer, Oelofse, Peters, Piek, Ronnenkamp, van der Schelde, van der Schyff, Stavorinus, Steyn, Stockenström, Stolts, Treurnicht, Verbeek, Vermeulen, Wedekind, von Wielligh, van Zyl.
Posted on: Sun, 10 Aug 2014 12:48:07 +0000
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