Talk:Dorsland Trek

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Did you know... that, after reaching Angola in the Dorsland Trek of the 1870s, many South African Boers turned back when the Portuguese tried to convert them to Catholicism and forbade their language in schools?

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Triangle of death

I was wondering if this "Otavi – Tsumeb – Grootfontein triangle" is the same as the 'triangle of death' as described in this book.

Deon Lamprecht (27 January 2015). Tannie Pompie se oorlog: In die Driehoek van die Dood. Tafelberg. ISBN 978-0-624-05420-7.

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Pieceofmetalwork (talk) 10:37, 14 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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"After escaping the autocratic rule of the Dutch East India Company in the late 18th century," I read it was because the British Empire abolished slavery, so which is it? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 108.171.128.174 (talk) 09:31, 18 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]