1806 ⟶ British Annexation of the Cape Colony
Cape Colony becomes part of the British Empire.
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🇬🇧 British Annexation of the Cape Colony
Cape Colony becomes part of the British Empire.⟶
British EmpireColonialismExpansionismImperialismNapoleonic WarsCape ColonyPolitical Control
South Africa
United Kingdom🇬🇧 Sierra Leone Declared a British Colony
Sierra Leone becomes British colony.⟶
ColonialismBritish EmpireImperialismPolitical HistoryAtlantic Slave TradeSlaveryGovernanceSierra Leone
Sierra LeoneUnited Kingdom⚔️ British Invasion of Zululand
Anglo-Zulu War in South Africa.⟶
ColonialismBritish EmpireImperialismMilitary HistoryConflictIndigenous Resistance
United KingdomSouth Africa💔 Emily Hobhouse Reports on British Concentration Camps in South Africa
June: Emily Hobhouse reports on the poor conditions in 45 British internment camps for Boer women and children in South Africa.⟶
Concentration CampsHumanitarian CrisisBritish EmpireImperialismColonialism
South AfricaUnited Kingdom🇿🇦 Establishment of the Union of South Africa
May 31: Union of South Africa is created.⟶
ColonialismApartheidBritish EmpireSouth African HistoryPolitical UnionSelf-governance
South AfricaUnited Kingdom