J.T. van der Kemp's Link to the British Anti-slavery Network and his Civil Rights Activism on Behalf of the Khoi (1801 - 1803)

In this article, I firstly trace Van der Kemp's link to the British anti-slavery network. Secondly, and following my exposition of Van der Kemp's anti-slavery advocacy (cf. Smit 2016), I argue that the position and treatment of the Khoi should be seen as similar to that of slaves during th...

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Published in:Journal for the study of religion
Main Author: Smit, Johannes A. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: ASRSA [2016]
In: Journal for the study of religion
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Kemp, Johannes Theodorus van der 1747-1811 / British and Foreign Anti-Slavery Society / Khoisan / Civil rights movement / History 1801-1893
RelBib Classification:CG Christianity and Politics
KBN Sub-Saharan Africa
RJ Mission; missiology
Further subjects:B J.T. van der Kemp
B civil rights discourse
B John Newton
B Thomas Clarkson
B civil rights activism
B John Locke
B Thomas Gisbourne
B William Wilberforce
B Clapham circle
B Anti-slavery network
B Khoisan] / Khoi [or Khoikhoi
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Summary:In this article, I firstly trace Van der Kemp's link to the British anti-slavery network. Secondly, and following my exposition of Van der Kemp's anti-slavery advocacy (cf. Smit 2016), I argue that the position and treatment of the Khoi should be seen as similar to that of slaves during the first half of the eighteenth century at the Cape. This provides credence to Van der Kemp's (and Philip's) vehement criticism of both government and frontier settler farmers for their treatment of the Khoi. Finally, I provide a link of Van der Kemp's civil rights activism, to that of the British anti-slave trade network and its discourse on civil rights in Britain at the time. (In this article I do not deal with the significance of Van der Kemp's post-conversionist views and publications, vis-ä-vis his 'enlightenment' views and scholarship dating from the pre- and post-deist phases of his life.)
ISSN:2413-3027
Contains:Enthalten in: Journal for the study of religion