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The first slave, Abraham, a stowaway from Batavia, arrives in Table Bay aboard the Malacca. He is made to work for the company
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- 01Potgieter, D.J. et al. (eds)(1970). Standard Encyclopaedia of Southern Africa, Cape Town: NASOU, v. 9, p. 658.
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South African History Online. (2012, February 24). The first slave, Abraham, a stowaway from Batavia, arrives in Table Bay aboard the Malacca. He is made to work for the company. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0074630
South African History Online (2012) 'The first slave, Abraham, a stowaway from Batavia, arrives in Table Bay aboard the Malacca. He is made to work for the company', South African History Online, 24 February. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0074630 (Accessed: 7 August 2026).
South African History Online, The first slave, Abraham, a stowaway from Batavia, arrives in Table Bay aboard the Malacca. He is made to work for the company [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0074630, (accessed 7 August 2026).
"The first slave, Abraham, a stowaway from Batavia, arrives in Table Bay aboard the Malacca. He is made to work for the company." South African History Online, 24 Feb. 2012, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0074630. Accessed 7 Aug. 2026.
South African History Online. "The first slave, Abraham, a stowaway from Batavia, arrives in Table Bay aboard the Malacca. He is made to work for the company." South African History Online. February 24, 2012. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0074630.
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