Word: landed
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...land owners on De Wolfe street were represented as being opposed to the changes...
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...ancestors of the Boers bought the land they settled on at Cape Town. They were joined by a number of Huguenots from France and lived by cattle raising. Cape Colony was in a flourishing condition when it was seized by the English in 1775, during the war between England and Holland. The Boers were soon in trouble with the English. England demanded the abolition of slavery and agreed to pay an indemnity to the Boers for their loss. The indemnity was made payable in London, and many of the burghers were therefore unable to collect it. The English gave...