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of Mr. Cloete, u that the numerous Missionary 
schools, and last of all, the extensive establish- 
ment at Kat river, took from the service of the 
farmers every Hottentot or servant of Hottentot 
descent ; who were not only induced to retire 
to these schools, as the abode of ease and in- 
dolence, but were moreover taught to consider 
themselves as a distinct race, who " ought " not 
to owe any service to the Saxon farmer." 
The want of labour thus arising from the 
gradual withdrawal of the whole Hottentot race 
from agricultural and pastoral service, together 
with the spirit of hostility which was manifested 
by them towards the frontier colonists, first in- 
duced the latter to think of seeking for a lo- 
cation elsewhere, where their herds and flocks 
might be safe, and they could obtain labourers 
on more easy terms. 
But great and serious as this cause was con- 
sidered by them, it was secondary in the in- 
tensity of their feelings, when put in comparison 
with their second grievance, "the slave question." 
This arose from the circumstances connected 
with the carrying out of the Emancipation 
Act, in the year 1833, and the year following, 
throughout the Cape Colony. At that period, and 
previous to it, the value of an individual slave not 
unfrequently rose there, to from £400 to £600, 
and although, doubtless, the stern necessity for 
