elsdorp that convinced him that the circuit court had been wrong in throw-
ing out most of the charges against the farmers. He also discovered that the
locallanddrost, Jacob Cuyler, had used his officeboth to acquire land and
Khoikhoi labor and to obstruct justice.>?
Having failed to obtain local redress, in 1826 Philip went to England,
where he lobbied the Anti-Slavery Societywith the argument that the fate of
the Khoikhoi "was bound up with the fate of the slaves" and wrote a long,
passionate polemic, exposing the injustices experienced by the Khoikhoi.
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