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… a constant supply of fresh fruits, vegetables and meat for VOC ships. When the company allocated land to company … of slave labour. Van Riebeeck was instructed by the VOC not to set up a colony or imprison the local population … were not willing to become labourers for free burgers. The VOC was already familiar with the practice of using slave …

… had signed a contract with the Dutch East India Company (VOC) to oversee the setting up of a refreshment station to … a recommendation on the suitability of the Cape for this VOC project. Charles Bell (1813-1882) painting of Jan van … Permission: www.africamediaonline.com Although the VOC did not originally intend to establish a colony at the …

… 1602 20 March, The Dutch East India Company (VOC) comes into being. 1652 Jan van Riebeeck, a representative of the Dutch East India Company (VOC), establishes a station at the Cape of Good Hope, at the … with fresh food. 1672 The Dutch East India Company (VOC) takes over the Hottentots Holland, False Bay and …

… Company started a refreshment station at the Cape for its VOC shipping fleet on their way to East and/or on their … law. 1754 The governor, Tulbagh, consolidated the numerous VOC slave regulations into a single placaaten, the Cape Slave … on the past CAPE SLAVE CODES originally issued by the VOC as Placaaten of India. …

… the service post set up by the Dutch East India Company (VOC) at the Cape of Good Hope. Expansion of the Cape Colony … 1795 the Cape was won by British forces and soon after the VOC had ceased to exist. Life at the Cape changed, but …

… Slaves brought in by the Dutch East India Company (VOC) to the Cape also fought directly and indirectly to …

… arrival of the Amersfoort ,  the Dutch East India Company (VOC) Commissioner Rijckloff van Goens visited the Cape and … Almost all of these early slaves arrived at the Cape with VOC officials returning to the Netherlands from Batavia, … and some gifts from across the seas. According to VOC rules, Company officials returning home from Batavia were …

… eventually got back to Holland they gave the DEIC or VOC (Vereenigde Oost Indische Compagnie) wonderful reports … of water, fertile land and lots of wild animals. The VOC was the wealthiest and most powerful trading company in … scurvy. Scurvy is caused by a lack of vitamin C. The VOC decided it would be a good idea to set up a half-way …