community
Enslaved & free people of colour
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March 1655Three enslaved people recorded at the Cape1656First recorded manumission of an enslaved person at the Cape1658First school for enslaved children established28 March 1658Amersfoort brings enslaved Angolans to the Cape6 May 1658Hasselt brings a second large group of enslaved Africans29 May 1658Corenhoop slave lodge completed at the fort2 January 1666Foundation stones laid for the Castle of Good Hope1679Castle of Good Hope completed28 July 1679New Company Slave Lodge completedLate seventeenth centuryCape slave-import network expands across the Indian OceanLate seventeenth centuryWheat and wine farming expand in the south-western Cape1685Slave Lodge school established on a more permanent basis1690Enslaved people in Stellenbosch attempt an uprisingLate seventeenth centuryA Cape Dutch creole speech community begins to develop1713Smallpox epidemic devastates Cape society1755Second major smallpox epidemicFebruary–March 1766Meermin slave revolt1767Third major smallpox epidemic1792Moravians return to the former Baviaanskloof mission1793First Cape Muslim madrasah associated with Tuan Guru1794 or 1795Auwal Masjid is established in Cape Town27 December 1794São José slave ship wrecks at Camps Bay1828Ordinance 50 repeals key Khoikhoi labour restrictions1829Kat River Settlement established1 December 1834Slavery abolished in the Cape16 November 1860First indentured Indian labourers arrive in Natal1906Gandhi and Natal Indian passive resistance begins30 June 1914Gandhi–Smuts agreement and Gandhi's departure26 June–December 1952Defiance Campaign26 June 1955Freedom Charter adopted1966District Six declared a white Group Area1983Tricameral parliament constitution