cape became home to a large population of vrijlieden, also known as vrijburgers (lit. 'free citizens'), former company employees who stayed in Dutch...
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vrijlieden, also known as vrijburgers (free citizens, who stayed in Dutch territories overseas after serving their contracts. The vrijburgers were to be of Dutch...
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as vrijburgers ('free citizens'), former VOC employees who settled in the colonies overseas after completing their service contracts. Vrijburgers were...
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around the end of Dutch rule in 1806 the number had reached 13,360. Some vrijburgers eventually turned to cattle ranching as trekboers, creating their own...
118 KB (12,148 words) - 10:06, 18 October 2024
early 19th century. No. 10 Akrampafo consisted of free citizens (Dutch: vrijburgers). This company comprised mulattoes who were considered equals to the...
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known as vrijburgers ('free citizens'), former VOC employees who remained at the Cape after serving their contracts. A large number of vrijburgers became...
54 KB (6,117 words) - 13:04, 13 October 2024
grants of farmland to the vrijburgers on the condition they would cultivate crops for company warehouses. The vrijburgers were granted tax-exempt status...
150 KB (16,605 words) - 01:14, 30 September 2024
warehouses, and released them from their contracts to save on their wages. Vrijburgers were granted tax-exempt status for 12 years and loaned all the necessary...
41 KB (4,828 words) - 03:18, 4 October 2024
came to form a class of former VOC employees, vrijlieden, also known as vrijburgers (free citizens) who stayed in Dutch territories overseas after serving...
35 KB (4,272 words) - 13:59, 3 June 2024
home to a large population of vrijlieden, also known as Free Burghers vrijburgers (free citizens). The earliest free burghers were Company employees who...
25 KB (2,945 words) - 20:05, 3 October 2024
either Company employees, or "vrijlieden", also known as "vrijburgers" (free citizens). Vrijburgers were often former Company employees who applied for permission...
103 KB (15,011 words) - 12:06, 11 September 2024
lijk naar deszelfs rustplaats gedragen, gevolgd van alle Ambtenaren, Vrijburgers, etc., alsmede van de Neger regering. Toen het lijk in de Tombe wierd...
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aanwezige officieren en ambtenaren, de Negerregering, Koning van Elmina, en vrijburgers, die door mij waren uitgenodigd zich ten elf ure in het Hoofdkasteel...
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the Cape Colony was VOC property at the time: a "burger" (sic) was "a vrijburger ["free citizen"], a person not in the service of the [VOC], who, with...
49 KB (5,684 words) - 20:36, 29 August 2024