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The Great Trek (Afrikaans: Die Groot Trek [di ˌχruət ˈtrɛk]; Dutch: De Grote Trek [də ˌɣroːtə ˈtrɛk]) was a northward migration of Dutch-speaking settlers who travelled by wagon trains from the Cape Colony into the interior of modern South Africa from 1836 onwards, seeking to live beyond the Cape's British colonial administration. [1]
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Great Trek, the emigration of some 12,000 to 14,000 Boers from Cape Colony in South Africa between 1835 and the early 1840s, in rebellion against the policies of the British government and in search of fresh pasturelands. The Great Trek is regarded by Afrikaners as a central event of their.
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The Great Trek was a mass migration of Dutch-speaking colonists into the interior of southern Africa in search of land and independence from British rule. It caused a social upheaval and conflict with indigenous people, and became a symbol of Afrikaner nationalism.
Jul 7, 2022 · The “Great Trek” is a story of resentment, displacement, murder, war, and hope, and it forms one of the bloodiest chapters of South Africa’s notoriously violent history.
- Greg Beyer
Jun 8, 2018 · Great Trek [1] (trĕk), the journey by Afrikaner farmers (Boers [2]) who left the Cape Colony to escape British domination and eventually founded Natal, Transvaal, and the Orange Free State [3]. Trek is an Afrikaans term, originally meaning a journey by ox wagon.
The Great Trek was a very important event in the history of South Africa. It came about because of disagreements between British and Afrikaner settlers in the colony known as the Cape Colony. As a result of the disagreements, many Afrikaner farmers moved away from the Cape Colony and established their own colonies.
The Great Trek began in 1835. More than 12,000 farmers left the Cape Colony. They took with them about 10,000 black workers, and they drove large herds of cattle. They mostly traveled on horseback and in ox-drawn wagons and were armed with muzzle-loading guns.
