Cape Colony
Britishnoun
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Historians estimate there were nearly 40,000 slaves in the Cape Colony when slavery ended.
From Washington Times ● Oct. 20, 2023
In 1910, the two former Boer republics, the Cape Colony, and the British-controlled Natal Colony came together to form the Union of South Africa.
From Textbooks ● Dec. 14, 2022
At the University of Oxford, protesters have stepped up their longtime push to remove a statue of Rhodes, the Victorian imperialist who served as prime minister of the Cape Colony in southern Africa.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 11, 2020
They are the progeny of sixty-seven farmers who purchased property in the area from a local reverend after the British wrested control of the Cape Colony from the Dutch.
From The New Yorker ● May 6, 2019
When the forces were finally withdrawn Bechuanaland was created a Crown Colony, and at a subsequent date, it was incorporated into the Cape Colony.
From The Siege of Mafeking (1900) by J. Angus Hamilton
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