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 | | Subsequently, she became so intrigued by the story of the "Hottentottin", that, over a period of years, she undertook a great deal of research, and this fascinating volume is the result. |
 | | Krotoa first encountered Maria van Riebeeck when she (Maria) ventured ashore with her eight-month-old son, Lambertus, and it was Krotoa's gentleness with the child that inspired Maria to ask her to join the Governor's household, where she won Jan's trust as well as Maria's. |
 | | She married a Dutch surgeon, Pieter van Meerhof, and they had three children, but after his death she had other children by various men, and led a dissolute, drunken existence, her children taken from her, until her death in the Fort Hospital. |
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