Contents
Introduction: Microhistory and Reclaiming Histories of the Modest
Chapter 1. Love, Lust and Loathe: The Story of “Lost Love”: Griet and Hendrik Eksteen, c.1739–1759
Chapter 2. Master, Malcontent, and Murderer: Khoikhoi Andries and Johannes Adriaan de Necker in Dutch-South Africa, c.1764–1766
Chapter 3. Jan Paerl c.1788–1851: Restitutionist, Religious Prophet, and Respectable Convert
Chapter 4. “Soil Once His Own”: The Colonial and Christian World of Lebrecht Hans Ari: A Khoikhoi and Moravian Convert at the Cape, c.1774–1864
Chapter 5. “Sketching the Khoikhoi”: George French Angas and His Depiction of Genadendal Khoikhoi Characters at the Cape of Good Hope, c. 1847