Trials of Slavery: Selected Documents concerning Slaves from the Criminal Records of the Council of Justice at the Cape of Good Hope 1705-1794. BEE Covers the origins of African

Covers the origins of African political consciousness

Three historical figures

Inscribed to previous owner by Fatima Meer on title page

The migrants who travelled for work from Lesotho to the mines of neighbouring South Africa brought with them a rich genre of sung oral poetry

First biography of Beyers Naude

Trials of Slavery: Selected Documents concerning Slaves from the Criminal Records of the Council of Justice at the Cape of Good Hope 1705-1794. BEE Covers the origins of AfricanEdited by Nigel Worden and Gerald Groenewald. A collection of 87 verbatim trials involving slaves at the Cape during the 18th century. Pub: Van Riebeeck Society. Second series 2005. Hbk with dust jacket in vg condition.