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Story: ||kabbo's (Jantje's) capture

Title

||kabbo's (Jantje's) capture

Collection

Wilhelm Bleek notebooks

Summary

llkábbo,’s Capture and Journey to Cape Town are twice described by him. One of these accounts (L II.-1. 266-272), the beginning of which is also given in another version. (B II. 350), carries him only a part of the way; while the other narrates the whole journey down, as far as the Breakwater. (L II.-1. 242-250) ||kabbo (Jantje) speaks of his family and his capture by a black man. He is taken to the Breakwater Convict Station and describes his journey there.

Comments

1) Another version of ||kabbo's capture and jailing was taken by Lloyd in May and June 1871 and is found in her Book II-1, pp.242-250 and 266-272, see ||kabbo's account of being caught and brought to the Breakwater and ||kabbo's account of being caught and jailed: 2nd version, 2) This version of the story is found in Book II

Contributors

||kabbo (Jantje) (II)

Date

May 1871

Categories

History (personal), Relations with others

Keywords

||kabbo (his capture) , ||kabbo (Jantje) , ||kabbo (his journey to the Breakwater) , ||kabbo (personal history of) , ||kabbo (relations of) , ||kabbo (captured by black men) , ||kabbo (and the black man) , ||kabbo (his relations with others) , ||kabbo (and the Breakwater) , ||kabbo (imprisonment of) , ||kabbo (taken to the 'magistrate') , ||kabbo (his journey to Victoria) , black man (and ||kabbo's capture and journey to Cape town) , black man ('Kafir') , black man ('Kafir police') , Jacob Nein (|kann) , Jacob Nein (his |xam name) , Jacob Nein (names of his relations) , Jacob Nein (and ||kabbo's capture) , names (of |xam) , names (of Jacob Nein's relations) , names (of ||kabbo's relations) , names (Jacob Nein's |xam name) , names (of prisons) , names (of places) , Breakwater Convict Station (||kabbo's account of being caught and brought there) , Breakwater Convict Station (work done at the) , Breakwater Convict Station (hard labour) , Breakwater Convict Station (|xam at the) , prison (the Breakwater Convict Station) , prison (Beaufort) , prison (and ||kabbo's capture) , prison (||kabbo's imprisonment) , prison ('house of ordure') , prison (names of different) , places (Cape Town) , places (and ||kabbo's capture and journey to Cape Town) , places (Victoria) , places (prisons) , places (the Breakwater convict station) , places (Beaufort) , places (names of) , Koranna (and ||kabbo's capture) , magistrate (||kabbo's capture and journey to Cape Town) , police (and ||kabbo's capture) , police ('Kafir police') , journey (||kabbo's capture) , journey (||kabbo's, to Cape Town) , personal history (of Jacob Nein) , personal history (of ||kabbo) , personal history (||kabbo's capture) , genealogy (and ||kabbo's capture) , genealogy (names of Jacob Nein's relations) , genealogy (names of ||kabbo's relations)

Story Pages

350

Page Images

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Book: BC_151_A1_4_002