The Orphan And The Ants Part 14 � Human Trafficking

In this respect, there is clear evidence of the disruptive effects of slave raids on the Sotho-Tswana and Khoe communities living along the Orange River during the period.

South of the river, the Dutch Cape Colony had emerged as a plantation economy dependent on slave labour. As of 1790, the Colony’s total population of some 77,000 was divided between 25,000 slaves who traced their origins to other parts of Africa and Asia, along with another 20,000 virtually enslaved indigenous Khoe (derogatively referred to as “Hottentots”) and 22,000 white settlers or Boers.