In fact, so great was the increase of slaves that by the late 17th century, the Cape Colony ... these Dutch descendants had ...

In the late 19 th century, Africa comprised dozens of European colonies, with the British, French, Germans, Belgians and ...

In 1655, the first large shipment of slaves directly from Africa arrived at ... They renamed the colony New York. At the time there were roughly 500 Dutch-speaking blacks in the colony.