The First Slaves at the Cape
… at the gardens, one Madagascar female slave to sweep the fort, and one slave at the surgeons. It is from this account … was married before the law or the Council of this fort to the honourable young maiden, Catarina Anthonis, from … to eat at Van Riebeeck’s table, and when he was not at the fort his wife, Catharina, would sit in his place, socialising …