First enslaved people arrive in Cape Town
… of Brazil in 12 deg. S. Latitude and had been reduced by death to 170, of whom many were very ill. The majority of … but the Heeren XVII consistently refused his requests. By 1657, the Heeren XVII finally conceded to Van Riebeeck’s … two ships could arrive at the Cape, the Amersfoort had, by chance, intercepted the Portuguese slaver and brought her …