and his host bolt their door and sleepwith five loaded guns over their heads, forfear of the slaves ; for he is told they sometimesbecome furious at night and commit murder.Fugitives besides were continually wandering 283 OLD CAPE COLONY about, stealing to the houses in the dark,and inciting the… … GATE OF THE SLAVE ENCLOSURE, BOSHOF. either Boshof, the old home of the Breda family,or to Stellenberg, he was first attacked by dogs ;then a troop of slaves came out, calling to himin broken Malay and Portuguese. Sparrman,terrified at the appearance of the men, and thepossibility of being murdered…
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