|gui-an (Dootje) and her mistress, Trina de Klerk

|gui-an (Dootje) and her mistress, Trina de Klerk

Lucy Lloyd |xam notebooks

|han≠kass'o (Klein Jantje) (VIII)

|han≠kass'o tells the story of the abuse of |gui-an (or Doortje) who was beaten by her mistress, Trina de Klerck and also by Trina's husband Jacob. Trina de Klerck had used a thong to beat |gui-an and her husband Jacob had beaten her with a heavy Bambush (bamboo) reed after which she fainted. After that beating |gui-an was unable to see properly.

1) Date on p.7664: 20 December 1879 (2nd part of story), 2) p.7656v: information about |gui-an and some of her relations, and the Dutch people ('Boers') they worked for, 3) p.7662v: what the |xam say to lazy people, 4) p.7664v: the |xam term for the bamboo reed, 5) This story is found in Book VIII-19

story

18 - 24 December 1879

History (personal)

Relations with others

white people (the experiences of |xam working for), white people (|xam relations with), white people (their treatment of the |xam), white people (as masters), white people (as mistresses), white people (their abuse of their |xam workers), white people (the Dutch or 'Boers'), white people (|gui-an and her mistress, Trina de Klerk), personal history (of people known by |han≠kass'o), personal history (of |gui-an or Dootje), personal history (of |han≠kass'o), beatings (received by |gui-an or Dootje), beatings (a description of), beatings (of |xam workers by white masters and mistresses), beatings (observed by |han≠kass'o), beatings (of |gui-an by her mistress, Trina de Klerck), beatings (with reeds), punishment (of |xam workers by their white masters and mistresses), punishment (of |gui-an or Dootje), punishment (and beating with reeds), |gui-an (her personal history), |gui-an (her abuse by her master and mistress), |gui-an (or Dootje), |gui-an (and her mistress, Trina de Klerck), |gui-an (was beaten by her mistress), |gui-an (her child was also beaten by her mistress), |gui-an (was beaten by her master Jacob De Klerck), |gui-an (the injuries she sustained from beatings), |gui-an (her genealogy), |gui-an (the names of her relations), |gui-an (her youthful name), |gui-an (her husband's name), names (of |gui-an's relations), names (of people known by |han≠kass'o), names (of masters and mistresses), names (of 'Boer' or Dutch farmers), names (of |gui-an's master and mistress and their in-laws), names (of places), names (of |gui-an's father's place), names (of |gui-an's master's place), names (name of a reed used to beat |gui-an), names (name for a lazy person), places (the name of |gui-an's father's), places (|gui-an's master's was Klerksfontein), illness (the injuries |gui-an sustained from being beaten), illness (and becoming 'cool' or 'warm'), reed (used to beat |gui-an), reed (bamboo), reed (the white men call it 'Bambush'), reed (the Dutch call it bamboes), reed (|xam name for the Bambush), laziness (the |xam term for one who does not work), laziness (Trina de Klerck thought |gui-an's unconsciousness was due to her), work (performed by the |xam for their white masters), work (performed by |gui-an for her master and mistress), work (done by |gui-an for her mistress, Trina de Klerk), abuse (of |gui-an by her mistress, Trina de Klerk), abuse (of |xam workers by their masters and mistresses)

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