Die emigrasie van St. Helenas na die Kaapkolonie en Natal vanaf 1842 tot 1910

Abstract

The emigration of St. Helenas to the Cape Colony and Natal from 1842 to 1910 St. Helena gained prominence when several exiles such as Napoleon Bonaparte were banished to the island in 1815, as well as the Zulu king, Dinuzulu kaCetswayo, and his group who arrived as prisoners on the island in 1890. About 6 000 Boer prisoners of war were also banished to the island between 1900 and 1902. However, St. Helena-immigration did not receive the same attention from South African historians as Dutch-, British-, French- and German-immigration. The focus of this article is primarily on the emigration of St. Helenas to the Cape Colony and Natal from 1842 until 1910. It deals with various sub-themes like the push and pull factors, the number of St. Helena-immigrants, the socio-economic influence of the St. Helenas on the Cape Colony and Natal, discrimination against the St. Helenas and the contribution of the Zulu- and Boer exiles to the emigration during the referred period.