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Townships slavery in south africa12/16/2023 ![]() Lemuko, who insisted on very clear manumission papers for every slave he bought and freed. His love, Thisgingnio, the only Chinese woman convict recorded at the Cape. Ongkonko, the most prominent Chinese man in Cape Town in the 1700s, exiled to South Africa after being found guilty of high treason in Asia. But everywhere you read closer, their personalities, that individual who lived and loved, as well as their complex social realities, keeps breaking through. The Chinese in 18 th and 19 th century South Africa are recorded as historical and statistical footnotes: mentioned in passing in prison inventories, court cases and notices of enslavement and exile. When interrogated, it was discovered that they escaped from the (Slave) Lodge by forming a human pyramid in the courtyard to escape over the roof. – The Dutch East Indian Company’s Slave Lodge at the Cape, by Helene Vollgraaff, p12 By Karen Williams Follow 1705 a gang of Chinese slaves were caught robbing the burghers at night.
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