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 1890, Rhodes became prime minister of the Cape Colony.
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
Lady Grey was the wife of Sir George Grey, a governor of the Cape Colony in the eighteen-fifties.
From The New Yorker ● May 6, 2019
Cape Colony was acquired by Great Britain in 1620, although for a long time it was practically in the hands of the Dutch, a colony having been planted by their East India Company.
From The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 1 by Whymper, Frederick
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