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Simon Hendrik Freykenius and Sebastiaan Cornelis Nederburgh arrive at the Cape to assist dissatisfied burghers

Date
23 Jun 1792
Updated
30 Sep 2019
Simon Hendrik Freykenius and Sebastiaan Cornelis Nederburgh arrive at the Cape to assist dissatisfied burghers

On 23 June 1792, Simon Hendrik Freykenius and Sebastiaan Cornelis Nederburgh arrived in the Cape. Both Freykenius and Nederburgh were Commissioner-Generals of the Dutch East India Company (VOC), and were sent to assist dissatisfied free burghers, or farmers who had been given land independent of the VOC, on how to better earn a living. However, the VOC had a monopoly over trade and industry in the Cape, which made matters difficult for free burghers. Freykenius and Nederburgh therefore encouraged whaling and free trade with passing ships, in order to boost the burgher economy. Nederburgh, who was a conservative Dutch statesman, was later responsible for the Charter of 1801, or Nederburgh's Charter, which established Dutch colonial policy after the government took over the VOC.

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  1. 01Wallis, F. (2000) Nuusdagboek: feite en fratse oor 1000 jaar, Kaapstad: Human & Rousseau Potgieter, D.J. (ed) (1973) Standard Encyclopaedia of Southern Africa (SESA), VOL. 8. Published by NASOU Limited: Cape Town. p. 125
  2. 02Britannica Sebastiaan Cornelis Nederburgh [online] Available at: britannica.com [Accessed 17 June 2009]

Last updated · 30 Sep 2019

Cite this entry

South African History Online. (2011, March 16). Simon Hendrik Freykenius and Sebastiaan Cornelis Nederburgh arrive at the Cape to assist dissatisfied burghers. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0010871

South African History Online (2011) 'Simon Hendrik Freykenius and Sebastiaan Cornelis Nederburgh arrive at the Cape to assist dissatisfied burghers', South African History Online, 16 March. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0010871 (Accessed: 28 August 2026).

South African History Online, Simon Hendrik Freykenius and Sebastiaan Cornelis Nederburgh arrive at the Cape to assist dissatisfied burghers [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0010871, (accessed 28 August 2026).

"Simon Hendrik Freykenius and Sebastiaan Cornelis Nederburgh arrive at the Cape to assist dissatisfied burghers." South African History Online, 16 Mar. 2011, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0010871. Accessed 28 Aug. 2026.

South African History Online. "Simon Hendrik Freykenius and Sebastiaan Cornelis Nederburgh arrive at the Cape to assist dissatisfied burghers." South African History Online. March 16, 2011. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0010871.

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