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Ryk Tulbagh

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was verboten, as were any frippery at funerals. He also codified the Tulbagh Code of colonial slave law, published in 1754. This loosened restrictions somewhat, only imposing the death penalty on those who killed their masters versus forced labor for lesser offences, allowing them to practice a trade
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to South Africa. His career with the Company advanced rapidly. He was appointed a temporary assistant to the Council of Policy in 1716 and he received a full appointment in 1718. In 1723 he became chief clerk and later in the same year book-keeper. In 1725 he rose to become secretary to the Council
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Botanical exploration of southern Africa : an illustrated history of early botanical literature on the Cape flora : biographical accounts of the leading plant collectors and their activities in southern Africa from the days of the East India Company until modern
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population of the area. The first was the worst to hit the white population, bringing it down from 6,110 to 5,123 in spite of high birth rates, and also killed over 500 slaves. The second one killed more than 500 people and was not eliminated until 1770.
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of Policy and in 1726 to Junior Merchant. In 1732 he became a merchant. In 1739 he became Secunde (the second highest administrative post) and 27 February 1751 he was appointed Governor.
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Nicknamed "Father Tulbagh" for introducing road maintenance, firefighting, and police among other civil services, Tulbagh did much to temper the
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when Rijk was still an infant. There he attended the Latin school. As a 16-year-old he enlisted with the
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to support themselves and buy their freedom as well as others', and placing said free blacks (called
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restricting extravagance. The 1755 Cape law, promulgated at the request of Batavia Governor-General
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by the Qora River, returning 8 months later. Later, Captain Hendrik Hop journeyed north of the
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or parasols and a major status symbol), and all women were banned from lining dresses with
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Tulbagh was the son of Dirk Tulbagh and Catharina Cattepoel, who moved their family to
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from 27 February 1751 to 11 August 1771 under the Dutch East India Company (VOC).
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and sent him more than 200 specimens of local plants. Linnaeus named the plant
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In 1761, he built the first library in the Cape to house books donated by
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An expedition sent northeast in 1752 was the largest since that of
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and that he and the Council alone could dress their coaches in
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In 1725 Tulbagh married Elizabeth Swellengrebel, the sister of
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epidemics of 1755 and 1767, which wiped out almost the entire
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mountains the northern one, but was unable to defend them.
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Kennis : die eerste Afrikaanse ensiklopedie in kleur
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Governor of the Dutch Cape Colony
Hendrik Swellengrebel
Joachim van Plettenberg
Utrecht
Cape Town
Dutch Cape Colony
Groote Kerk
Utrecht
Cape Town
Governor
Dutch Cape Colony
Bergen op Zoom
Dutch East India Company
Hendrik Swellengrebel
Groote Kerk
Batavia
sumptuary law
Jacob Mossel
coat of arms
livery
umbrellas
silk
velvet
train
smallpox
Khoekhoe
Joachim Nikolaus von Dessin
Nicolas-Louis de La Caille
Charles Mason

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