Christian Mission and Emancipation in South Africa (Cape Colony)

奴隶和科伊桑人是开普敦殖民地土著人民的残余，他们在19世纪上半叶获得了社会和个人自由。大约三分之一的被解放人口寻求保护在奴隶制废除前不久才成立的新教传教团。合法的婚姻和将家庭从原主人的地方迁走是人民的一个重要目标。与加勒比海的自由村一样，开普敦的传教士站成了新教教会提供土地和材料建造房屋的避难所。与此同时，传教士希望宗教纪律和对欧洲价值观的接受。非洲文化和宗教的元素遭到强烈反对。虽然是在同一时期、在相似条件下建立的，但两个特派团的发展方式不同。与加勒比地区(自由村)的对应教会不同，开普省的教堂在传教站内保持着主导地位。

The slaves and the Khoisan, remnants of the indigenous people at the Cape Colony, got their social and personal freedom in the first half of the 19th century. Circa one third of the liberated population sought the protection of protestant missions founded only shortly before the abolition of slavery. Legal marriages and the removal of the family from the places of the former owners was an important goal of the people. Like the free villages of the Caribbean the mission stations at the Cape became refuges where the Protestant churches provided land and material to build houses. At the same time the missionaries expected religious discipline and the acceptance of European values. Elements of African culture and religions were strongly rejected. Although founded in the same period and under similar conditions the mission stations developed in different ways. Contrary to their counterparts in the Caribbean (free villages) the churches at the Cape kept their dominant position within the mission station.