In this drawing of Greenmarket Square in Cape Town in 1764, a slave in chains appears to be driven by a master on the left side of the image. Some four decades later, slaves in the Cape rebelled. Drawing by the Danish painter Johannes Rach.
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Drawing of Greenmarket Square in Cape Town in 1764
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South African History Online. (2016, March 31). Drawing of Greenmarket Square in Cape Town in 1764. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/I-0120705
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