‘A mother makes no bastard’: Family law, sexual relations and illegitimacy in Dutch colonial Cape Town, c. 1652–1795

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I am grateful to Wayne Dooling and V.C. Malherbe for their comments on earlier drafts which hugely improved this article; they are not responsible for any remaining infelicities. My thanks, too, to Martha Chaiklin, Karel Schoeman and David Wardle for providing research material from overseas. This research was sponsored by the National Research Foundation and the University of Cape Town Research Committee, which is acknowledged with thanks. The views expressed in this article, and the conclusions drawn, are those of the author and should not be regarded as those of the sponsors.

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I am grateful to Wayne Dooling and V.C. Malherbe for their comments on earlier drafts which hugely improved this article; they are not responsible for any remaining infelicities. My thanks, too, to Martha Chaiklin, Karel Schoeman and David Wardle for providing research material from overseas. This research was sponsored by the National Research Foundation and the University of Cape Town Research Committee, which is acknowledged with thanks. The views expressed in this article, and the conclusions drawn, are those of the author and should not be regarded as those of the sponsors.