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his army. In the Cape there were 2,496 blacks and 2,939 coloureds (of mixed race) and a further
4,618 blacks in the rest of South Africa, a total of 10,053 men.
The black Africans not in war service were not exempt from the effects of the war. They were
displaced from the farms either by Boer raids or by British clearances, ending up in refugee camps of
one kind or another, often in concentration camps. At least 14,154 died in the camps.
In the early peace negotiations a British requirement was that the black people should be at least
as advantaged politically as those in Cape Colony, but this provision was later dropped, largely with
the acquiescence of the British High Commissioner, Lord Milner. The end of the war was not only
disappointing in this respect, but also in economic terms. The black African economies had, like the
Boers’, been shattered by the war, but, unlike the Boers, they were given no support afterwards.
Furthermore, the war was the final blow to economic self-sufficiency for many black families and
tribes and they had no alternative to seeking work for wages from the white population. Politically
deprived and economically dependent, they were destined for the oppression of apartheid.
See also:
Agterryer; Concentration Camps, black; Esau, Abraham; Leliefontein, Massacre at.
Reference:
Hall, Darrell, ed. Fransjohan Pretorius and Gilbert Torlage, The Hall Handbook of the Anglo-Boer
War (Pietermaritzburg, University of Natal Press, 1999); Jackson, Tabitha, The Boer War
(London, Macmillan, 1999); Nasson, William, “Africans at War”, Boer War: Direction,
Experience and Image,ed. J. Gooch (London, Frank Cass, 2000); Nasson, William, The South
African War 1899–1902 (London, Arnold, 1999); Pretorius, Fransjohan, The Anglo-Boer War
1899–1902 (Cape Town, Don Nelson, 1985); Warwick, Peter, Black People and the South
African War 1899–1902 (Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1983).
Afrikander Uprisings
The term Afrikander was used to describe people of Dutch descent, people termed Boers in the
Transvaal and Orange Free State republics, who were resident in, and subjects of, the British
colonies of Cape Colony and Natal. Part of the Boer purpose in invading Cape Colony was to recruit
Afrikanders to their cause. In the event, the response was very poor and, indeed, many Afrikanders
served in the British ranks.
See also:
Boer; Brabant, Major-general Sir Edward; Joiners.
Agterryer
A servant, literally an ‘after-rider’. Boer fighters were frequently accompanied by black African
servants who occasionally fought alongside their masters. They were not counted as part of the
fighting force and, although present in significant numbers, are rarely mentioned in accounts of the
campaigns. British forces also used black African labour and they
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