MDMD(5): The V.O.C. - Slave regulations

[Michel Ryckx]

>From the same site as the previous post, with some addtions.

Social conditions of slaves at the Cape: other restrictions administered
by VOC offcials and/or enforced by 'free burghers' (= free citizens)

- At funerals of white slave owners, no slave is permitted into the
inner sanctum of the cemetery;
- When a slave is to be buried, only 6, 8 or at most 10 pairs of other
slaves are permitted to be in attendance of a family member or an
acquintances’  funeral;
- Nothing except eatables or perishable foods are to be sold by slave
vendors from door to door or at street corners – in order to prevent
dealings in stolen goods;
- Under no circumstances are slaves allowed to purchase alcohol for
their slave masters;
- Slaves were not allowed to wear leather shoes or stockings;
- Slaves were not permitted to wear a cap, unless they are conversant
with speaking Dutch;
- Company slaves at the Slave Lodge were not allow to sell or swop their
clothes [1771]
- Slaves who were sent on errants by their masters were required to
carry a pass issued by the slave owner [1709];
- It was a misdemeanor to purchase anything from a slave if they were
not granted permission to sell goods[1700];
- Free movement of slaves on Sundays were prohibited [1766]

See again:

Van ASWEGEN, H J [1989] : GESKIEDENIS VAN SUID AFRIKA TOT 1854 :
Academica, Kaapstad/Pretoria