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But Pfeil had three knechten and 41 slaves, while Dissel claimed to work without an overseer and with only 14 slaves. 61 Dissel was childless; his wife's daughters and sons-in-law were busy running farms of their own.
Belongings: Property, Family, and Identity in Colonial South Africa 2008
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On a Stellenbosch district farm he kept an additional 100 cattle and 400 sheep. 38 Two years later his primary farm was still in the Cape district, and he was blessed now with another daughter, three more knechten, fewer horses, more pigs, and no other livestock.
Belongings: Property, Family, and Identity in Colonial South Africa 2008
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The sentencing records provide a detailed account of the deserters 'journey from Drakenstein to the Cedarberg, including encounters with two men described as knechten working for Dissel, and a Khoisan shepherd named Dol tending to Dissel's beasts on one of his Olifants River farms.
Belongings: Property, Family, and Identity in Colonial South Africa 2008
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