Jan Tzatzoe, Andries Stoffles, The revd. Dr. Philips & revd. Messrs Read senr &  junr, giving evidence before the committee of the house of commons staalgravure 1844.

Afm. 14.5 x 11 cm.
Blad : 27 x 20.7 cm.
L.o.: Painted by H. Room
R.o.: Engraved by R. Woodman
M.o.; Fisher, son & co., London & Paris 1844 i

Informatie van internet:
It was in the july of 1836, that the inhuman treatment of christians to caffres was made the subject of inquiry before a select committee of the british house of commons, and the form of words according to which they were appointed was as follows :";—"to consider what measures ought to be adopted with regard to the native inhabitants of countries where british settlements are made, and to the neighbouring tribes, in order to secure to them the due observance of justice, and the protection of their rights, to promote the spread of civilization, and to lead them to the peaceful, voluntary reception of the christian religion"
Jan Tzatzoe was a chief of the amacosae caffres, a tribe amounting to 250,000 souls, and whose country borders on hottentot land. He had been a pupil of the amiable Vanderkemp, by whom he had always been regarded with peculiar solicitude, and, at the age of twenty-one, he embraced christianity with firmness and faith. He had assisted mr. Williams, a missionary to caffreland, and mr. Brownlee, at buffalo river, and both his companions bore the warmest testimony to his zeal and talents. In the great caffre war, tzatzoe espoused the cause of the english, and led his auxiliary forces to the field; but found, on his return, that those for whom he fought had in his absence seized his house, his grounds, and his cultivated fields, directing him to select some other locality, in his hereditary domains, for his future abode. These flagrant injuries made a deep impression on his mind, but his clear judgment told him that england is calumniated in the government of her settlements, and that a direct appeal to herself would procure immediate reparation. For this amongst other reasons he resolved on visiting the british shores. When brought before the select committee, neither of the africans exhibited the least uneasiness or want of self-possession. Stoffles delivered his valuable testimony with animation, feeling, and sincerity; and tzatzoe, with that simple frankness which a consciousness of its truth, and confidence in the justice of his auditors, could not fail to inspire. He was heard with breathless attention; and, in addition to his removing the impression that had been artfully created against him, he produced a conviction in the minds of his judges, that the people to whom he belonged, notwithstanding the ignorance and superstition under which they still laboured, would, as far as intellectual faculties were concerned, lose nothing in comparison with civilized and powerful communities. The painting after which the accompanying engraving is made was procured by a subscription amongst the friends of dr philip and presented to the directors of the london missionary society. The scene is one of the rooms where the committee of which t f buxton esq was chairman usually held their sittings. Tzatzoe is in the act of giving his evidence. At the opposite end of the table is the rev james read jun interpreter for tzatzoe who spoke and wrote before the committee in the dutch language. Dr philip sits a little forward on the right and stoflles occupies a chair behind the table at the end of which tzatzoe is stunding the rev james read sen. Stands behind stoffles chair.

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