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Title: The AfricandersA century of Dutch-English feud in South AfricaAuthor: Le Roy HookerRelease date: September 23, 2023 [eBook #71707]Language: EnglishOriginal publication: New York: Rand, McNally & Co, 1900Credits: Jeroen Hellingman and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net/ for Project Gutenberg (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/Canadian Libraries)
Title: The Africanders
A century of Dutch-English feud in South Africa
Author: Le Roy Hooker
Author: Le Roy Hooker
Release date: September 23, 2023 [eBook #71707]
Language: English
Original publication: New York: Rand, McNally & Co, 1900
Credits: Jeroen Hellingman and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net/ for Project Gutenberg (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/Canadian Libraries)
*** START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE AFRICANDERS ***
[Contents][Contents]Original Title Page.[1][Contents]THE AFRICANDERS.[2][Contents]CAPE TOWN, CAPE OF GOOD HOPE.CAPE TOWN, CAPE OF GOOD HOPE.[3]The AfricandersA CENTURY OF DUTCH-ENGLISH FEUD IN SOUTH AFRICABYLE ROY HOOKER,AUTHOR OF“Enoch, the Philistine,” “Baldoon,” ETC.Chicago and New York:RAND, McNALLY & CO., PUBLISHERS.MDCCCC.[4][Contents]Copyright, 1900, by Rand, McNally & Co.[5][Contents]Contents.ChapterPage.IThe Dutch at the Cape (1652–1795),11IIFirst Contact of Africander and Briton in Diplomacy (1795),26IIIFirst Contact of Africander and Briton in War (1795),46IVThe Africanders’ First Trek to the North (1806–1838),68VSecond Contact of Africander and Briton—In Natal,87VISecond Contact of Africander and Briton—North of the Orange River,98VIIThe Africanders’ Second Trek to the North,114VIIIThe Independent Africander and Slavery,123IXThird Contact of Africander and Briton—In the Orange Free State,135XThird Contact of Africander and Briton—In the Transvaal,148XIThe Africanders’ First War of Independence,165XIIThe Africander Republics and British Policy,178XIIICauses of the Africanders’ Second War of Independence,188XIVCauses of the Africanders’ Second War of Independence—Continued,207XVCauses of the Africanders’ Second War of Independence—Continued,221XVICauses of the Africanders’ Second War of Independence—Concluded,241XVIIThe Country of the Africanders,261[7][Contents]Illustrations.Cape Town, Cape of Good Hope,FrontispiecePresident Kruger,Facing page 48Lighthouse, Durban,72President Steyn, Orange Free State,88The Vaal River,96Doctor Jameson,112Majuba Hill,120General Joubert,136Pietermaritzburg,152Cecil J. Rhodes,168Government Building, Pretoria,176Joseph Chamberlain,192Bloemfontein,208General Cronje,224Pritchard Street, Johannesburg,240Cattle on the Vaal River,264[9][Contents]FOREWORD.This is the history, briefly told, of the great Dutch-English feud in South Africa, up to the beginning of the Africanders’ second war of independence with Great Britain, which opened on the 11th of October, 1899.In writing these pages I have not felt conscious of being in controversy with any one. If I had been susceptible to influences that create prejudice, nearly three centuries of American descent from purely Anglo-Saxon progenitors with no admixture of any other blood would have predisposed me to magnify everything in this long feud that exemplified the prowess and the honor of that race, and to minify in the telling whatever faults it had committed. It will be for such readers of my work as are conversant with the ultimate authorities on the subject treated of to judge how far I have succeeded or failed in presenting a “plain, unvarnished” tale.[10]I acknowledge, with much gratitude, indebtedness for data to the following distinguished writers:Canon W. J. Little, M.A., author of “South Africa”; George McCall Theal, M.A., Official Historiographer and sometime Keeper of the Archives at Cape Town; Professor James Bryce, author of “Impressions of South Africa,” “The American Commonwealth,” etc.; F. Reginald Statham, author of “South Africa as It Is”; Olive Schreiner, author of “The South African Question”; the British Blue Books and other sources of reliable information.THE AUTHOR.[11]
[Contents]
[Contents]Original Title Page.[1]
Original Title Page.[1]
Original Title Page.
[1]
[Contents]THE AFRICANDERS.[2]
THE AFRICANDERS.[2]
THE AFRICANDERS.[2]
[Contents]CAPE TOWN, CAPE OF GOOD HOPE.CAPE TOWN, CAPE OF GOOD HOPE.[3]
CAPE TOWN, CAPE OF GOOD HOPE.CAPE TOWN, CAPE OF GOOD HOPE.[3]
CAPE TOWN, CAPE OF GOOD HOPE.CAPE TOWN, CAPE OF GOOD HOPE.
CAPE TOWN, CAPE OF GOOD HOPE.
[3]
The AfricandersA CENTURY OF DUTCH-ENGLISH FEUD IN SOUTH AFRICABYLE ROY HOOKER,AUTHOR OF“Enoch, the Philistine,” “Baldoon,” ETC.Chicago and New York:RAND, McNALLY & CO., PUBLISHERS.MDCCCC.
The AfricandersA CENTURY OF DUTCH-ENGLISH FEUD IN SOUTH AFRICA
BYLE ROY HOOKER,AUTHOR OF“Enoch, the Philistine,” “Baldoon,” ETC.
Chicago and New York:RAND, McNALLY & CO., PUBLISHERS.MDCCCC.
[4]
[Contents]Copyright, 1900, by Rand, McNally & Co.[5]
Copyright, 1900, by Rand, McNally & Co.[5]
Copyright, 1900, by Rand, McNally & Co.[5]
[Contents]Contents.ChapterPage.IThe Dutch at the Cape (1652–1795),11IIFirst Contact of Africander and Briton in Diplomacy (1795),26IIIFirst Contact of Africander and Briton in War (1795),46IVThe Africanders’ First Trek to the North (1806–1838),68VSecond Contact of Africander and Briton—In Natal,87VISecond Contact of Africander and Briton—North of the Orange River,98VIIThe Africanders’ Second Trek to the North,114VIIIThe Independent Africander and Slavery,123IXThird Contact of Africander and Briton—In the Orange Free State,135XThird Contact of Africander and Briton—In the Transvaal,148XIThe Africanders’ First War of Independence,165XIIThe Africander Republics and British Policy,178XIIICauses of the Africanders’ Second War of Independence,188XIVCauses of the Africanders’ Second War of Independence—Continued,207XVCauses of the Africanders’ Second War of Independence—Continued,221XVICauses of the Africanders’ Second War of Independence—Concluded,241XVIIThe Country of the Africanders,261[7]
Contents.ChapterPage.IThe Dutch at the Cape (1652–1795),11IIFirst Contact of Africander and Briton in Diplomacy (1795),26IIIFirst Contact of Africander and Briton in War (1795),46IVThe Africanders’ First Trek to the North (1806–1838),68VSecond Contact of Africander and Briton—In Natal,87VISecond Contact of Africander and Briton—North of the Orange River,98VIIThe Africanders’ Second Trek to the North,114VIIIThe Independent Africander and Slavery,123IXThird Contact of Africander and Briton—In the Orange Free State,135XThird Contact of Africander and Briton—In the Transvaal,148XIThe Africanders’ First War of Independence,165XIIThe Africander Republics and British Policy,178XIIICauses of the Africanders’ Second War of Independence,188XIVCauses of the Africanders’ Second War of Independence—Continued,207XVCauses of the Africanders’ Second War of Independence—Continued,221XVICauses of the Africanders’ Second War of Independence—Concluded,241XVIIThe Country of the Africanders,261[7]
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[Contents]Illustrations.Cape Town, Cape of Good Hope,FrontispiecePresident Kruger,Facing page 48Lighthouse, Durban,72President Steyn, Orange Free State,88The Vaal River,96Doctor Jameson,112Majuba Hill,120General Joubert,136Pietermaritzburg,152Cecil J. Rhodes,168Government Building, Pretoria,176Joseph Chamberlain,192Bloemfontein,208General Cronje,224Pritchard Street, Johannesburg,240Cattle on the Vaal River,264[9]
Illustrations.Cape Town, Cape of Good Hope,FrontispiecePresident Kruger,Facing page 48Lighthouse, Durban,72President Steyn, Orange Free State,88The Vaal River,96Doctor Jameson,112Majuba Hill,120General Joubert,136Pietermaritzburg,152Cecil J. Rhodes,168Government Building, Pretoria,176Joseph Chamberlain,192Bloemfontein,208General Cronje,224Pritchard Street, Johannesburg,240Cattle on the Vaal River,264[9]
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[Contents]FOREWORD.This is the history, briefly told, of the great Dutch-English feud in South Africa, up to the beginning of the Africanders’ second war of independence with Great Britain, which opened on the 11th of October, 1899.In writing these pages I have not felt conscious of being in controversy with any one. If I had been susceptible to influences that create prejudice, nearly three centuries of American descent from purely Anglo-Saxon progenitors with no admixture of any other blood would have predisposed me to magnify everything in this long feud that exemplified the prowess and the honor of that race, and to minify in the telling whatever faults it had committed. It will be for such readers of my work as are conversant with the ultimate authorities on the subject treated of to judge how far I have succeeded or failed in presenting a “plain, unvarnished” tale.[10]I acknowledge, with much gratitude, indebtedness for data to the following distinguished writers:Canon W. J. Little, M.A., author of “South Africa”; George McCall Theal, M.A., Official Historiographer and sometime Keeper of the Archives at Cape Town; Professor James Bryce, author of “Impressions of South Africa,” “The American Commonwealth,” etc.; F. Reginald Statham, author of “South Africa as It Is”; Olive Schreiner, author of “The South African Question”; the British Blue Books and other sources of reliable information.THE AUTHOR.[11]
FOREWORD.
This is the history, briefly told, of the great Dutch-English feud in South Africa, up to the beginning of the Africanders’ second war of independence with Great Britain, which opened on the 11th of October, 1899.In writing these pages I have not felt conscious of being in controversy with any one. If I had been susceptible to influences that create prejudice, nearly three centuries of American descent from purely Anglo-Saxon progenitors with no admixture of any other blood would have predisposed me to magnify everything in this long feud that exemplified the prowess and the honor of that race, and to minify in the telling whatever faults it had committed. It will be for such readers of my work as are conversant with the ultimate authorities on the subject treated of to judge how far I have succeeded or failed in presenting a “plain, unvarnished” tale.[10]I acknowledge, with much gratitude, indebtedness for data to the following distinguished writers:Canon W. J. Little, M.A., author of “South Africa”; George McCall Theal, M.A., Official Historiographer and sometime Keeper of the Archives at Cape Town; Professor James Bryce, author of “Impressions of South Africa,” “The American Commonwealth,” etc.; F. Reginald Statham, author of “South Africa as It Is”; Olive Schreiner, author of “The South African Question”; the British Blue Books and other sources of reliable information.THE AUTHOR.[11]
This is the history, briefly told, of the great Dutch-English feud in South Africa, up to the beginning of the Africanders’ second war of independence with Great Britain, which opened on the 11th of October, 1899.
In writing these pages I have not felt conscious of being in controversy with any one. If I had been susceptible to influences that create prejudice, nearly three centuries of American descent from purely Anglo-Saxon progenitors with no admixture of any other blood would have predisposed me to magnify everything in this long feud that exemplified the prowess and the honor of that race, and to minify in the telling whatever faults it had committed. It will be for such readers of my work as are conversant with the ultimate authorities on the subject treated of to judge how far I have succeeded or failed in presenting a “plain, unvarnished” tale.[10]
I acknowledge, with much gratitude, indebtedness for data to the following distinguished writers:
Canon W. J. Little, M.A., author of “South Africa”; George McCall Theal, M.A., Official Historiographer and sometime Keeper of the Archives at Cape Town; Professor James Bryce, author of “Impressions of South Africa,” “The American Commonwealth,” etc.; F. Reginald Statham, author of “South Africa as It Is”; Olive Schreiner, author of “The South African Question”; the British Blue Books and other sources of reliable information.
THE AUTHOR.[11]