During the c igh tecn th Century the Cape was a malc-dominatcd society, at least in numcrica! terms. In 1749, for inslaucc, the i:iuif l ist s revcal that among thosc taxed \vcrc 4,871 a d u l t nialcs (made up of 1.243 hu r^hc r s , scvcnty-fivc frcc blacks, c i y h t y t h r e e kiicïhis. w h o wcrc soldier* and sailors relcascd hy the Dutch Hast Ind ia Company t o \u i rk for hurplicrs. ...