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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Order number: CWM/LMS/Africa/South Africa/Incoming correspondence/Box 3B
Date(s) of creation: 19 Jan - 12 Dec 1808
Level: File
Format: Archive           

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item_location Archive & Special Collections
scb_loan_type Reference only
scb_order_with CWM/LMS/Africa/South Africa/Incoming correspondence/Box 3B
callnumber CWM/LMS/05/02/02/013
callnumber_txt CWM/LMS/05/02/02/013
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prefix_number 013
title South Africa,1808
scb_date_creation 19 Jan - 12 Dec 1808
scb_level File
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scb_extent 18 items
format Archive
description 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
scb_access_status Open
language English
Dutch
language_search English
Dutch
scb_file_number Folder 5
scb_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.
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hierarchy_sequence CWM.00LMS.0005.0002.0002.00013

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