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FOR WHAT REASON DID THE FREE BLACK COMMUNITY THAT EMERGED AT THE CAPE DURING THE VOC PERIOD REMAIN VERY SMALL?

a. RATES OF MANUMISSION WERE VERY LOW, BECAUSE SLAVE OWNERS HAD STRONG REASONS TO MAINTAIN SLAVERY AS THEIR MAIN SOURCE OF LABOUR

b. ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES FOR INDEPENDENT FREE BLACKS WERE VERY LIMITED INDEED, PARTICULARLY IN THE RURAL DISTRICT OF THE COLONY

c. THERE WERE SEVERAL LAWS IN PLACE THAT RESTRICTED THE ABILITY OF FREE BLACKS TO EXERCISE THEIR LEGAL FREEDOM IN WAYS THEY MAY HAVE WISHED

d. SLAVE OWNERS DID NOT WELCOME THE LABOUR THAT MANY FREE BLACKS OFFERED AS COMPETITION TO THEIR SLAVE LABOUR FORCE ON THE FARMS

1. a b c
2. a d
3. c d
4. b c d

WHAT IS THE MEANING OF THE TERM 'MANUMISSION'?

1. THE SET OF LAWS THAT GOVERNED THE SYSTEM OF SLAVERY
2. THE GRANTING OF FREEDOM TO A SLAVE BY AN OWNER
3. THE PROCEDURES USED TO CONTROL THE ACTIVITIES OF SLAVES
4. THE RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN SLAVES AND THEIR OWNERS

WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING STATEMENTS ABOUT RELIGION AT THE CAPE DURING THE VOC PERIOD IS ACCURATE?

1. THERE WERE DETERMINED EFFORTS BY MANY CHRISTIAN MISSIONARIES TO SPREAD CHRISTIANITY AMONG SLAVES
2. KHOESAN BELIEF SYSTEMS WERE ADOPTED BY MANY SLAVES AT THE CAPE DURING THE 18th CENTURY
3. ISLAM BEGAN TO EXTEND ITS INFLUENCE SIGNIFICANTLY AMONG SLAVES DURING THE 18th CENTURY
4. CHRISTIANITY CAME TO BE WIDELY ACCEPTED BY SLAVES AS A SOURCE OF COMFORT DURING THEIR EXPERIENCE OF OPPRESSION

WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING IS THE BEST DEFINITION OF A KNECHT?

1. A FARMER WHO DIRECTLY SUPERVISED HIS OWN AND HIS NEIGHBOUR'S SLAVE LABOUR FORCE
2. A SLAVE WHO WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE SUPERVISION OF OTHER SLAVES IN THE LODGE IN CAPE TOWN
3. A SLAVE WHO HAD BEEN GRANTED FREEDOM AND EARNED AN INDEPENDENT LIVING IN CAPE TOWN
4. A VOC EMPLOYEE WHO WAS HIRED TO ENSURE THE DISCIPLINE OF SLAVES ON WINE AND WHEAT FARMS

WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING STATEMENTS ABOUT THE CONTROL OF SLAVES AT THE CAPE DURING THE VOC PERIOD IS MOST ACCURATE?

1. SLAVE OWNERS AND THE VOC OFTEN CLASHED WITH ONE ANOTHER OVER DIFFERENT METHODS TO CONTROL THE SLAVE LABOUR FORCE
2. THOSE PATERNALISTIC RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN OWNERS AND SLAVES THAT EXISTED DID ENSURE THAT SLAVES WERE PROTECTED IN THE SAME WAY AS AN OWNER'S CHILDREN
3. THE PRIMARY METHOD BY WHICH AN OWNER EXERCISED HIS RIGHTS OF PROPERTY OVER HIS SLAVES WAS THROUGH THE USE OR THE THREAT OF FORCE
4. BECAUSE ALL SLAVES, WHETHER ON FARMS OR LIVING IN THE SLAVE LODGE, HAD THE SAME RANK AND STATUS, IT MADE IT EASIER FOR OWNERS TO CONTROL THEM

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WHY DID MANY SLAVE OWNERS BENEFIT ECONOMICALLY FROM THEIR RELIANCE ON SLAVE LABOUR?

a. OWNERS REGARDED THEIR SLAVES AS A GOOD PROTECTION AGAINST INFLATION

b. SLAVES NEVER DEVELOPED ANY SKILLS, GIVING OWNERS A MONOPOLY ON SKILLS

c. SLAVES WERE INEXPENSIVE AND A MINOR PART OF AN OWNER'S BUDGET

d. MANY SLAVE OWNERS WERE ABLE TO LEAD A LIFE OF CONSIDERABLE COMFORT

1. a d
2. b c d
3. a b
4. c d

SLAVES WHO WERE OWNED BY THE VOC AND WHO WORKED IN CAPE TOWN MAINLY WORKED AS ...

1. DOMESTIC SERVANTS
2. FISHERMEN
3. DOCK WORKERS
4. ARTISANS

WHAT WAS THE MAIN AREA FROM WHICH THE VOC IMPORTED SLAVES TO THE CAPE?

1. CHINA AND JAPAN
2. THE INDIAN OCEAN REGION
3. THE WEST COAST OF AFRICA
4. INDIA AND INDONESIA

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FOR WHAT REASON WAS THE SLAVE POPULATION AT THE CAPE UNABLE TO REPRODUCE ITSELF, WHICH MEANT THAT REGULAR IMPORTATIONS OF SLAVES WERE NEEDED TO MAINTAIN THE LABOUR FORCE?

a. THE DEATH RATE OF SLAVES AT THE CAPE REGULARLY EXCEEDED THE BIRTH RATE

b. EVEN THOUGH THE GENDER RATIO OF SLAVES WERE EQUAL, FEW CHILDREN WERE BORN

c. THE LABOUR DEMANDS OF THE EXPANDING COLONY REGULARLY EXCEEDED LOCAL SUPPLY

d. IMPORTATION OF SLAVES WAS EFFICIENT AND FREQUENT, MAKING IT EASY TO PROVIDE LABOUR AT THE CAPE

1. b
2. a c
3. b d
4. d

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