Christian Mission and Emancipation in South Africa (Cape Colony)

奴隶和科伊桑人是开普殖民地土著居民的残余，他们在世纪上半叶获得了社会和个人自由。大约三分之一的解放人口寻求保护新教使团成立前不久废除奴隶制。法律的婚姻和将家庭从原来的主人的地方迁走是人们的一个重要目标。像加勒比海的自由村庄一样，好望角的使命站成为了避难所，新教教堂提供土地和材料来建造房屋。与此同时，传教士期望宗教纪律和欧洲价值观的接受。非洲文化和宗教的元素遭到强烈排斥。虽然建立在同一时期和类似的条件下，使命站以不同的方式发展。与加勒比地区（自由村）的教会相反，好望角的教会在使命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.