Lanzerac, Old Nectar, and Klein Gustrouw (previously ‘Leef op Hoop’) are successful farms in the Jonkershoek Valley to this day, having passed through different owners’ hands since they were first established in 1683

Lanzerac, Old Nectar, and Klein Gustrouw (previously ‘Leef op Hoop’) are successful farms in the Jonkershoek Valley to this day, having passed through different owners’ hands since they were first established in 1683

But a reregistration process was instituted in 1692 when Lt Isaq Schrijver registered his farm. The initial farms in 1683 were an all-black pioneering effort. The farms were originally started by a group of African, Bengali and Sri Lankan manumitted slaves, namely, ANTONIE VAN ANGOLA, Manuel van Angola with Lijsbeth van Angola, and Susanna van Bombasa; then a second farm owned by Louis van Bengal; and another owned by Marquart van Ceylon and Jan ‘Luij’ van Ceylon. The manumitted slave, Evert van Guinea, after relocating from his Table Bay market garden to Stellenbosch where he was the first of the early pioneer Free Black farmers, started another farm project, Welgelegen.

Antonie van Angola (1645 - 1696)

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