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Commissioners of Inquiry

Hottentot Population Cape of Good Hope.

Report of the Commissioners of Inquiry relating to the Condition of the Hottentots, Bushmen, Caffres, and other Native Tribes of South Africa

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Report of the Commissioners of Inquiry relating to the Condition of the Hottentots, Bushmen, Caffres, and other Native Tribes of South Africa: their Intercourse and Relations with the Colony of the Cape: The System of policy pursued towards them by the Local Government and by the Colonists, especially on the Frontiers; the Progress among them of Christian Missions and of civilization and of Missionary Institutions. London, 1830. 24 pp., folio (33 cm), in modern blue cloth, gilt titles. “An excessively rare and important document dealing with all phases of the Hottentot, Bushmen, Caffre and other native tribes [in 24 pp.]. It is intimately bound up with the early history of this country. The first distinct mention in the Records of the Dutch Government of the Sabdanahs, 1651” (notes from the sale of December 1952). A few spots to the covers, text. Very Good. 



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