➢ They intermarried with Africans and imported orphan girls from their homeland hence reduced homosexuality ➢ They built elementary schools under the Dutch reformed church to teach their children. ➢ They constructed water reservoirs which were to provide water during the dry seasons. ➢ Corrupt governors like Wilhelm Adrian were dismissed. ➢ In 1707 many hospital were built to treat the sick people. ➢ Farmers were allowed to sell their products to passing ships in increase of the market base. ➢ Slaves were imported from countries like Madagascar to increase on labour force. ➢ The prices of agricultural commodities were increased in 1658 to boost farmers’ revenue. ➢ In 1657, many settlers were freed from company control and set up their independent farms. ➢ The cape colony was expanded from about 55 miles to over 500 miles. ➢ Many people were armed to provide defense to the villages. ➢ Settlers were allowed to raid Africans and enslave them. ➢ Interpreters were trained and one language was encouraged ➢ A large castle was built for defense under the commander Simon derstel.
Missionaries came to East Africa for various reasons. These were economic, social, and humanitarian in nature. The missionaries had the ambition to spread Christianity to the people of East Africa. This would be through preaching and teaching the holy gospel so that many would get converted to Christianity They wanted to fight against slave trade in East Africa. Earlier travelers like John Speke and James Grant, H.M. Stanley, Dr. David Livingstone and others had reported about the evils of slave trade in East Africa. Christian missionaries therefore came with an intention of putting an end to end introducing or replacing it with legitimate trade. Missionaries wanted to resettle the freed slaves in East Africa by setting up resettlement centers both in the interior and at the coast for example at Bagamoyo and Free town near Mombasa. They wanted to check on the spread of Islam in East Africa from the coast with intentions of converting many to Christian...
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