The Iziko Slave Lodge in Cape Town hosted a salaatul ghaib (prayer for an absent person) on the 2nd January to remember the slaves on the only day that slaves were given off work. Archaeologists have uncovered a slave register of 6000 names, many of whom were Muslim. According to Ismaeel Davids of the Islamic Unity Convention, many Muslim slaves were not given a proper burial in accordance with Islamic burial rights until the abolition of slavery. During the 1700s there were more slaves than free persons at the Cape, of whom a thousand lived at the lodge at one point. Ebrahim RHODA, a researcher of Muslim history in the Cape, said many of the slaves had contributed to building Cape Town. Slaves were brought from India, Angola, Mozambique and various south-east Asian countries to work as gardeners, child nurses, cooks and laundry maids.
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22 June 2008
SLAVES REMEMBERED
The Iziko Slave Lodge in Cape Town hosted a salaatul ghaib (prayer for an absent person) on the 2nd January to remember the slaves on the only day that slaves were given off work. Archaeologists have uncovered a slave register of 6000 names, many of whom were Muslim. According to Ismaeel Davids of the Islamic Unity Convention, many Muslim slaves were not given a proper burial in accordance with Islamic burial rights until the abolition of slavery. During the 1700s there were more slaves than free persons at the Cape, of whom a thousand lived at the lodge at one point. Ebrahim RHODA, a researcher of Muslim history in the Cape, said many of the slaves had contributed to building Cape Town. Slaves were brought from India, Angola, Mozambique and various south-east Asian countries to work as gardeners, child nurses, cooks and laundry maids.
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