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... Sir Theophilus Shepstone alludes , and of which he makes such . forcible use in his annexation proclamation when he says : " After more or less of irritating contact with aboriginal tribes to the north , there commenced , about the year ...
... Sir Theophilus Shepstone alludes , and of which he makes such . forcible use in his annexation proclamation when he says : " After more or less of irritating contact with aboriginal tribes to the north , there commenced , about the year ...
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... Sir Theophilus Shepstone - one who knows t as little of the women he defamed as a Patagonian ge might . his aversion to English rule must not , however , be posed to include any personal hostility or want of pitality to Englishmen ...
... Sir Theophilus Shepstone - one who knows t as little of the women he defamed as a Patagonian ge might . his aversion to English rule must not , however , be posed to include any personal hostility or want of pitality to Englishmen ...
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... Sir Theophilus Shepstone at Pretoria , with the dis- ed state of the country consequent on the intrigues of Annexationists , unfortunately induced the President to ot the submission of the chief . On the 12th February e was proclaimed ...
... Sir Theophilus Shepstone at Pretoria , with the dis- ed state of the country consequent on the intrigues of Annexationists , unfortunately induced the President to ot the submission of the chief . On the 12th February e was proclaimed ...
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... Sir Theophilus Shepstone , whose valuable time had to be hourly devoted to the consideration of more important questions . Whatever wrong has been done proceeds entirely from the little views of little men , whom the unfortunate ...
... Sir Theophilus Shepstone , whose valuable time had to be hourly devoted to the consideration of more important questions . Whatever wrong has been done proceeds entirely from the little views of little men , whom the unfortunate ...
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... Sir Theophilus Shepstone , and as great a cause of trouble in the land , as they had been in the days of Mr Burgers and his Volksraad of farmers . I shall deal now , not with their political mischief - making , but with the resources of ...
... Sir Theophilus Shepstone , and as great a cause of trouble in the land , as they had been in the days of Mr Burgers and his Volksraad of farmers . I shall deal now , not with their political mischief - making , but with the resources of ...
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