Ucelomngeni lukaSamin

Nge-1890, uSurontiko Asin welali yeRarboubling, ilali yehlathi leTeak, waqalisa ukuthandabuza ubunini behlathi. Ucacisile ukuba urhulumente akazange adale umoya, amanzi, emhlabeni kunye neenkuni, ngenxa yoko ayengakwazi. Kungekudala kwaphuhliswa intshukumo ebanzi. Phakathi kwabo bancedayo yayingumoyeni wabantwana baseSamin. Ngo-1907, iintsapho ezingama-3,000 zazilandela izimvo zakhe. Amanye amaSamonists akhuthaziwe ngokulala emhlabeni wabo xa i-Dutch ize kuhlolisise, ngelixa abanye bengazange bavume ukuhlawula irhafu okanye izohlwayo okanye ukwenza umsebenzi.

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I-Dirk Van Houtendorp, igosa leNkampani ye-United East eMpuma eMpuma eMpuma eMpuma yeJava yathi:

‘Batavian! Mahlungu! Yiva ngokumangalisa into endinokunxibelelana ngayo. IiFlethi zethu zitshatyalalisiwe, urhwebo luya kutshabalalisa, sizonakalisa ubuncwane obukhulu, amaplanga kunye nezinye izinto sishiya imfazwe yemfazwe kunye ne-mercantile squardrons kunye neengcambu zazo emhlabeni. Ewe, amahlathi aseJava anemithi eyaneleyo yokwakha umkhosi wamanzi amfutshane, ngaphandle kweenqanawa ezininzi zomthengisi njengoko sifuna ukukhawuleza njengoko zisikwa, kwaye ziya kuba njalo engathandekiyo phantsi kononophelo nolawulo. ‘

UDirk van Hoogendorp, ocatshulwe kwi-peruso, amahlathi atyebileyo, abantu abahluphekayo, 1992.   Language: Xhosa