South Africa,1808
includes letters from: J J van den Berg, Cape of Good Hope enclosing following letter: Dr Johannes Vanderkemp, Bethelsdorp - removal there, requests sea transport for goods rather than overland; keeping of enslaved Africans persists, even among missionaries; some wives and children of Africans detai...
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CWM/LMS/Africa/South Africa/Incoming correspondence/Box 3B |
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| Date(s) of creation: |
19 Jan - 12 Dec 1808 |
| Level: |
File |
| Format: | Archive |
| Order number: |
CWM/LMS/Africa/South Africa/Incoming correspondence/Box 3B |
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| Summary: |
includes letters from:
J J van den Berg, Cape of Good Hope enclosing following letter:
Dr Johannes Vanderkemp, Bethelsdorp - removal there, requests sea transport for goods rather than overland; keeping of enslaved Africans persists, even among missionaries; some wives and children of Africans detained, calls for justice; annual report
James Read, Stuurman Kraal - abolition of slave trade gave joy; possibility he and Dr Johannes Vanderkemp might go to Madagascar; 'our dear Mother Smith' [Maglett Smith] working among enslaved Africans at the Cape
Abraham Albrecht, Warm Bath - congregation of 500; Sophia Burgman to marry his brother Christian
Captain J G Cuyler, Uitenhage
John Kicherer, Graaff-Reinet
William Anderson, Clear Water [Klaar Water/Griquatown/Griekwastad]
South African Society, Cape Town
Abraham Albrecht and Christian Albrecht, Warm Bath - (translated extracts)
Joseph Hardcastle, London - glad to hear of Lord Caledon's help for missions; resolution against missionaries keeping slaves
Private Kenneth Anderson, Cape of Good Hope - converted, quotes experiences, requests advice about being a missionary
Johann Gottfried Ullbricht [later John Ullbright], Bethelsdorp (in Dutch with English translation) - married Elizabeth Windvogel, an African Christian |
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18 items |
| Access status: |
Open |
| Language: | English Dutch |
| File number: |
Folder 5 |
| Finding aids: |
Detailed lists for incoming correspondence from Southern Africa, 1797-1899 (lists E6 & E7), are available for consultation in the Special Collections Reading Room, SOAS Library. Includes detailed precis of letters up to 1866. |
| Format: | Archive |