Usage Terms for Website Content

This applies to all databases on this website.

You are welcome to copy facts, names, and dates for your own use, subject to the terms of our license. Please click on the link provided to view the full terms.

However, please be aware that you may not copy and paste sentences from my histories or introductions, and Blog, onto your own website, as these are protected by copyright.

All images and photographs on this site are either AI-generated, open source, or copyright protected.

Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-Share Alike 4.0 International License.

Free Blacks are individuals who gained emancipation from slavery for various reasons before it was officially abolished in 1838. Although the ended slavery in the Cape Colony in 1834, the formal conclusion of slave labour took place in 1838. In cases where exact birthdates are not available, the ages referenced are approximations made by the slave owners.

​National Archives of South Africa

Database compiled by Lara Seaward