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The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition

Boer [Du.,=farmer], inhabitant of South Africa of Dutch or French Huguenot descent. Boers are also known as Afrikaners. They first settled (1652) near the Cape of Good Hope in what was formerly Cape Province . After Great Britain annexed (1806) this territory, many of the Boers departed (1835-40) on the Great Trek and created republics in Natal (see KwaZulu-Natal ), the Orange Free State (see Free State ), and the Transvaal . Hostility between the Boers and the British resulted in the South African War (1899-1902), after which the Boer territories were annexed and the Union... Read more

Boer wars
Boer wars The first Boer War (1880–1), hardly more than a skirmish, was won by the Boers...farmers) after victory over a British force at Majuba . That gave the Boer republics of the Transvaal and Orange Free State the independence they... Read more

Boer wars
Boer wars. The first Boer War (1880–1) was hardly more than a skirmish, won by the Boers...British force at Majuba on the northern frontier of Natal . That gave the Boer republics of the Transvaal and Orange Free State the independence they... Read more

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