Orange Free State and South African Republic censuses

Literature › Primary sources

Kind	population census
Producer	Orange Free State and South African Republic governments
Coverage	1856-1890
Works using it	5

Debates

Debate	Works
Census, race classification and demographic data	3
Pre-Union colonial economy, the mineral revolution and the South African War	1
Farm labour: mechanisation, labour shedding, wages and labour control	1
Liberal vs revisionist: was apartheid functional or dysfunctional for capitalist growth?	1

Works using this source

Work	As cited	Period	How used
Atkinson (2007)	Census of 1856, Orange Free State (cited)	1856	Illustrates the large number of coloured dependants on white farms in the nineteenth century.
Christopher (2002a)	Orange Free State censuses 1880 and 1890 and South African Republic census 1890	1880-1890	Shows the Boer republics counted only Europeans/Coloureds or only Europeans; the sources are described but not cited in the reference list.
Christopher (2009a)	Orange Free State census 1880 and 1890 (Verslag van den census 1890)	1880, 1890	Used to show a republican census concentrating on Whites and citizens, including recording of men qualified for commando.
Christopher (2009a)	South African Republic (Transvaal) census 1890 (Verslag van de Volkstelling 1890)	1890	Shows a Whites-only count, with birthplace and franchise data on the Witwatersrand, treating the White citizenry as the nation.
Christopher (2009b)	Orange Free State census 1880 and 1890 (Verslag van den census 1890)	1880, 1890	Shows the republican emphasis on the White citizenry and the count of men qualified for commando, which rose 30% in 1880-1890.
Christopher (2009b)	South African Republic census 1890 (Verslag van de Volkstelling 1890)	1890	Shows a count of Whites only, with data on the franchise and UK-born share of the Witwatersrand White population.
Theal (1905)	Census of the Orange Free State, 1890	1890	Gives the Free State's European and coloured population.