Hendrik Albertus and his ex-slave Mey: A drama in three acts
Date
1989-08
Authors
Mason, John
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Abstract
In the early spring of 1832, Mey, a slave belonging to
Hendrik Albertus van Niekerk, initiated a series of events that,
in quick succession, saw him beaten by his master's son, Hendrik, Jr., whipped again by his master's own hand, and unconditionally freed by old Hendrik barely ten days later. It is a remarkable story, probably without parallel in the history of the Cape Colony, and worth telling if only for that reason. But the story also deserves the historian's attention because in determining why events passed as they did, some light can be shed on previously obscure areas of South African history.
Description
African Studies Seminar series. Paper presented August 1989
Keywords
Blacks. South Africa, South Africa. Race relations