The Transvaal and the Boers: A Brief HistoryChapman, 1896 - 283 strán (strany) |
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Strana 31
... force of circumstances than to any intention on the part of Holland . In the eyes of the East India Company , the colonists were merely intruders to be tolerated , who were one and all liable to service under the Company if called upon ...
... force of circumstances than to any intention on the part of Holland . In the eyes of the East India Company , the colonists were merely intruders to be tolerated , who were one and all liable to service under the Company if called upon ...
Strana 95
... force took one of Moselekatse's chief military stations by surprise , and covered it with a rain of bullets from a commanding and impregnable position . Four hundred Matabele warriors were slain and 7,000 cattle recovered , without a ...
... force took one of Moselekatse's chief military stations by surprise , and covered it with a rain of bullets from a commanding and impregnable position . Four hundred Matabele warriors were slain and 7,000 cattle recovered , without a ...
Strana 96
... those terrible horsemen , who were so fearfully avenging the Christian blood he had shed . Then , crippled and bleeding , he gathered his forces together and fled . But the pursuers were close behind , panting 96 THE TRANSVAAL AND THE ...
... those terrible horsemen , who were so fearfully avenging the Christian blood he had shed . Then , crippled and bleeding , he gathered his forces together and fled . But the pursuers were close behind , panting 96 THE TRANSVAAL AND THE ...
Strana 115
... higher taxes than the burghers . In case of war , the Republic would give every assistance to a Colonial force marching through its territory . Lastly , as to the native question : the slave I 2 THE FORMATION OF THE REPUBLIC 115.
... higher taxes than the burghers . In case of war , the Republic would give every assistance to a Colonial force marching through its territory . Lastly , as to the native question : the slave I 2 THE FORMATION OF THE REPUBLIC 115.
Strana 117
... force from the Colony , their trade would be placed on the footing of the trade of a British possession . " To this proposal the Volksraad returned an immediate and decided negative . They had already issued a long defence of their ...
... force from the Colony , their trade would be placed on the footing of the trade of a British possession . " To this proposal the Volksraad returned an immediate and decided negative . They had already issued a long defence of their ...
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already amongst annexation apprentices Bechuanaland Bechuanas Boers British Cape Colony cattle century Cetewayo Chaka chief civilisation colonists command declared Delagoa Bay Dingaan Dingiswayo district Drakenberg Dutch East India Company Emigrant Farmers England English Government European fact feeling fight flag force free burghers gold gold-fields gold-miners Governor Holland Hottentots independence inhabitants Johannesburg Joubert Kaffirs land Limpopo Livingstone Lydenburg Majuba ment modern Moselekatse Natal native question naturalised never officials Orange Free Outlanders party peace political population Portuguese possession Potchefstroom Potgieter present President Burgers President Krüger Pretorius proclamation race raid railway Rand rule Sand River Convention says seems Sekukuni settled settlers Sir Bartle Frere Sir George Colley slavery slaves South African Republic speedily Stellaland strong subjects territory Theal Theophilus Shepstone tion to-day took town Transvaal Transvaal Government traveller trek tribes troops Vaal River Veldt Volksraad waggons whilst Zulu
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Strana 104 - And it shall be, if it make thee answer of peace, and open unto thee, then it shall be, that all the people that is found therein shall be tributaries unto thee, and they shall serve thee. 12 And if it will make no peace with thee, but will make war against thee, then thou shalt besiege it...
Strana 240 - The South African Republic will conclude no treaty or engagement with any State or nation other than the Orange Free State, nor with any native tribe to the eastward or westward of the Republic, until the same has been approved by her Majesty the Queen.
Strana 26 - This cape is a most stately thing, and the fairest cape we saw in the whole circumference of the earth, and we passed by it the 18.
Strana 105 - And if it will make no peace with thee, but will make war against thee, then thou shalt besiege it : and when the Lord thy God hath delivered it into thine hands, thou shalt smite every male thereof with the edge of the sword. But the women, and the little ones, and the cattle, and all that is in the city, even all the spoil thereof, shalt thou take unto thyself; and thou shalt eat the spoil of thine enemies, which the Lord thy God hath given thee.
Strana 84 - A long and sad experience has sufficiently convinced us of the injury, loss, and dearness of slave labour, so that neither slavery nor the slave trade will ever be permitted among us.
Strana 159 - I not borne patiently all the accusations, but out of selfishness or fear told the plain truth of the case, the Transvaal would never have had the consideration it has now received from Great Britain. However unjust the Annexation was, my self-justification would have exposed the Boers to such an extent, and the state of the country in such a way, that it would have deprived them both of the sympathy of the world and the consideration of the English politicians.
Strana 162 - I wish to hear upon what conditions her Majesty will receive me and my country and my people under her protection. I am weary with fighting. I do not like war, and I ask her Majesty to give me peace. I am very much distressed that...
Strana 105 - When thou comest nigh unto a city to fight against it, then proclaim peace unto it. And it shall be if it make thee answer of peace, and open unto thee, then it shall be that all the people that is found therein shall be tributaries unto thee, and they shall serve thee.
Strana 24 - I am a part of all that I have met; Yet all experience is an arch wherethrough Gleams that untravelled world, whose margin fades For ever and for ever when I move.
Strana 170 - I further proclaim and make known that the Transvaal will remain a separate Government, with its own laws and legislature, and that it is the wish of Her Most Gracious Majesty that it shall enjoy the fullest legislative privileges compatible with the circumstances of the country and the intelligence of its people.