1901 ⟶ Emily Hobhouse Reports on British Concentration Camps in South Africa

June: Emily Hobhouse reports on the poor conditions in 45 Br...
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🇬🇧 British Annexation of the Cape Colony

Cape Colony becomes part of the British Empire.⟶
British Annexation of the Cape Colony (1806)
British EmpireColonialismExpansionismImperialismNapoleonic WarsCape ColonyPolitical Control
South AfricaSouth AfricaUnited KingdomUnited Kingdom

⚔️ British Invasion of Zululand

Anglo-Zulu War in South Africa.⟶
British Invasion of Zululand (1879)
ColonialismBritish EmpireImperialismMilitary HistoryConflictIndigenous Resistance
United KingdomUnited KingdomSouth AfricaSouth Africa

⚔️ First Boer War Begins

1880–1881: the First Boer War.⟶
First Boer War Begins (1880)
WarfareColonialismImperialismBritish EmpireMilitary ConflictBattle
South AfricaSouth AfricaUnited KingdomUnited Kingdom

⚔️ Second Boer War Begins

1899–1902: Second Boer War begins; British victory.⟶
Second Boer War Begins (1899)
WarfareColonialismImperialismBritish EmpireMilitary Conflict
United KingdomUnited KingdomSouth AfricaSouth 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.⟶
Emily Hobhouse Reports on British Concentration Camps in South Africa (1901)
Concentration CampsHumanitarian CrisisBritish EmpireImperialismColonialism
South AfricaSouth AfricaUnited KingdomUnited Kingdom

🇿🇦 Establishment of the Union of South Africa

May 31: Union of South Africa is created.⟶
Establishment of the Union of South Africa (1910)
ColonialismApartheidBritish EmpireSouth African HistoryPolitical UnionSelf-governance
South AfricaSouth AfricaUnited KingdomUnited Kingdom