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Encyclopedia: Voortrekkers

The Voortrekkers (Afrikaans and Dutch for pioneers, literally "those who trek ahead") were emigrants during the 1840s and 1850s from the British Cape Colony into the interior of what is now South Africa. The Great Trek consisted of a number of mass movements under a number of different leaders including Louis Trichardt, Hendrik Potgieter, Sarel Cilliers, Pieter Uys, Gerrit Maritz, Pieter Retief, and Andries Pretorius.

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Battle of Blood River

Voortrekkers, led by Andries Pretorius, defended a laager (circle of ox wagons) against Zulu impis under King Dingane. Before the battle commenced the Voortrekkers made a vow to God that, should they be delivered, they would commemorate the day as a Sabbath and build a church. Of the 464 Voortrekkers...

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Potchefstroom

English) and was created by Afrikaans-speaking Boer settlers known as the Voortrekkers who were fleeing... known as the Republic of Winburg-Potchefstroom. Voortrekker leader Hendrik Potgieter was elected as...

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1830s

Centuries: 18th century - 19th century - 20th century Decades: 1800s 1810s 1820s - 1830s - 1840s 1850s 1860s Years: 1830 1831 1832 1833 1834 1835 1836 1837 1838 1839 Events and Trends Dutch-speaking farmers known as Voortrekkers emigrate northwards from the Cape Colony. Croquet invented...

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Cape Dutch

Voortrekkers (mainly descendants of Trekboers) embarked on a series of mass migrations later known as the.... During the early twentieth century the descendants of the Cape Dutch and the Boers of Voortrekker... Voortrekkers spoke a dialect called Eastern Border Afrikaans. The Griquas (a métis of part Boer & Khoi...

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Dingane

cracks were exacerbated by armed conflict with the newly arrived Voortrekkers. He ambushed and killed...

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Natalia

local Afrikaans speaking Voortrekkers shortly after the famous battle at Nacome River. The Natalia... Voortrekker Boers trekked north into Transorangia (later known as the Orange Free State) & the Transvaal... & stability of the Natalia Republic. The former local Voortrekker Boer leaders Piet Retief & Gerahrd Maritz...

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Trekboer

of Trekboers become Voortrekkers. Some Trekboers crossed the Orange River at least a decade before the Voortrekkers did. In 1815 a Trekboer named Coenraad Du Buys (surname of French Huguenot origin... & 1700s who trekked into the eastern frontiers) & Voortrekkers (Afrikaans speaking pioneers who...

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Afrikaner

as Voortrekkers. Though a small number of Voortrekkers came from the western Cape as well. In the 1830s and 1840s an estimated 12,000 Voortrekkers penetrated the future Natal, Orange Free State and... Great Trek. The vast majority of Voortrekkers were Trekboers from the eastern Cape who engaged in...

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Pretoria

by Marthinus Pretorius, a leader of the Voortrekkers, who named it after his father Andries Pretorius. The elder Pretorius had become a national hero of the Voortrekkers after his victory over the.... Voortrekker Monument. Marabastad. Transvaal Museum. African Window. Laudium (formerly a part of...

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Babanango

kaSenzangakhona's great kraals - emGungundlovu where Piet Retief and his Voortrekkers were massacred in 1838. The...

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