1658 in South Africa
The following lists events that happened during 1658 in South Africa.
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Incumbents
[edit]Commander of the Cape Colony - Jan van Riebeeck
Events
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- The ship Amersfoort arrives in Table Bay with 174 slaves. 38 men and 37 women remain at the Cape, while most are sent to Batavia.[1][2][3][4]
- The ship Hasselt arrives in Table Bay with 228 slaves from Dahomey, and most of them are shipped to Batavia.[5][6][7]
- Jan van Riebeeck banishes Autsumao to Robben Island.
References
[edit]- ^ "General South African History Timeline: 1600s | South African History Online". www.sahistory.org.za. Retrieved 2025-02-20.
- ^ "The Early Cape Slave Trade | South African History Online". www.sahistory.org.za. Retrieved 2025-02-20.
- ^ "First enslaved people arrive in Cape Town | South African History Online". www.sahistory.org.za. Retrieved 2025-02-20.
- ^ "Slave Routes to the Cape – Slavery in South Africa". Retrieved 2025-02-20.
- ^ Madell, Cecil; Murray, Martin (2025), "Outcast Cape Town, Conflicts, Resistance, and Place Identity", The Palgrave Encyclopedia of Cultural Heritage and Conflict, Cham: Springer Nature Switzerland, pp. 1–16, ISBN 978-3-030-61493-5, retrieved 2025-02-20
- ^ "Slaves at the Cape" (PDF).
- ^ Herukhuti, R. A. (2022-02-15). "Slavery In South Africa At The Cape Colony". AfrikaIsWoke.com. Retrieved 2025-02-20.