Social Life In The Cape Colony In The 18th Century

'Dedicated to the memory of those brave and God-fearing pioneers who pushed their way into the unknown of South Africa as well as to those who love its history and traditions.'

Part 1: The Town. Part 2: Social Life. Part 3: The Country.

A general survey of the life of the Cape colonists during the 18th century; their life, manners and customs. The sources from which this book has been drawn are mainly the books of early travellers and the archives of the Cape Colony. Various classes of the Cape Archives have produced a vast amount of information. Their value cannot be overestimated, and no class can be entirely ignored as from the most unlikely documents material has been obtained. The resolutions and annexures of the Council of Policy, the journal, the proclamations and government advertisements, petitions, the Orphan Chamber records, the early district archives, have all been drawn upon while even civil and criminal cases of the courts of justice and their supporting papers have disclosed many interesting facts; 109pp. plus index and 2pp. advertisements of books by SA poets and authors.

Condition: red boards good, top corners bumped, end-papers lightly spotted, fold-out frontispiece of Cape Town about 1770, contents clean, binding a little tender in places, otherwise good.