side of False Bay.Such escapees were fortunate if they were able to steal a
gun and to have the assistance of slaveswho were still in service. Sooner or
later, however, colonial commandos hunted most of them down and shot
or captured them, after which the Court of1ustice sentenced them to death
or to some other brutal punishmenr.s?
Historians differ in their assessments of Cape slavery.Nigel Worden and
Robert Ross stress the coercive aspects and consider that, since the slaves
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