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... emigrants succeeded , however , in 1838 , in resisting successfully a raid made by the " Amandabele " upon one of their ... emigrant farmers became fairly possessed of vast territories which they had delivered from his murder- ous sway ...
... emigrants succeeded , however , in 1838 , in resisting successfully a raid made by the " Amandabele " upon one of their ... emigrant farmers became fairly possessed of vast territories which they had delivered from his murder- ous sway ...
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... emigrants at first seemed to have been on friendly terms . Dingaan resembled modern ... emigrant Boers permission to occupy the country , the desolation of which by ... farmers under Piet Retief , who were visiting at his chief town , and ...
... emigrants at first seemed to have been on friendly terms . Dingaan resembled modern ... emigrant Boers permission to occupy the country , the desolation of which by ... farmers under Piet Retief , who were visiting at his chief town , and ...
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... emigrant farmers were not released from their allegiance to the Crown , and that all offences committed by British subjects up to the 25 ° of south latitude were punishable in the courts of the colony , they re- solved to abandon ...
... emigrant farmers were not released from their allegiance to the Crown , and that all offences committed by British subjects up to the 25 ° of south latitude were punishable in the courts of the colony , they re- solved to abandon ...
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... emigrant farmers beyond the Vaal River the right to manage their own affairs , and to govern themselves according to their own laws , without any interference on the part of the British Government ; and that no encroachment shall be ...
... emigrant farmers beyond the Vaal River the right to manage their own affairs , and to govern themselves according to their own laws , without any interference on the part of the British Government ; and that no encroachment shall be ...
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... emigrant must , from the first , look upon himself entirely as a settler and ... farming in the Transvaal , must look to becoming a Boer- a rich Boer , a ... farmer with some means , but not enough to provide well and handsomely for a ...
... emigrant must , from the first , look upon himself entirely as a settler and ... farming in the Transvaal , must look to becoming a Boer- a rich Boer , a ... farmer with some means , but not enough to provide well and handsomely for a ...
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