Book 2: The Impact and Limitations of Colonialism - Chapter 1 - The Uneven Development of Colonialism in South Africa by Jeff Peires
… Model of colonialism? Jan van Riebeeck, who founded the first colony at Cape Town in 1652, was an official of the … coercing them to produce crops. In the Cape, Van Riebeeck first attempted to get cattle and labour by negotiation, but … died, and many others had been captured as prisoners of war and enslaved. In addition, the Boers took 6 300 cattle, 1 …