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Boers

Boers (/bʊərz/ BOORZ; Afrikaans: Boere; ) are the descendants of the proto Afrikaans-speaking Free Burghers of the eastern Cape frontier in Southern Africa during the 17th, 18th, and 19th centuries. From 1652 to 1795, the Dutch East India Company controlled the Dutch Cape Colony, which the United Kingdom incorporated into the British Empire in 1806. The…

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Origin

Invasion of the Cape Colony

Cape Frontier Wars (1779–1879)

Great Trek

Anglo-Boer wars

1914 Boer Revolt

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Modern usage

Notable Boers

Discrimination

In modern fiction

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Boers

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related to Great Trek · 24
Boers → British, British Colonial Government, By, Cape, Cape Colony, During, Dutch Reformed Church, English, English Government, Grahamstown, Grensboere, January, Natal, Orange River, Piet Retief, Retief, The Boers, The Great Trek, They, Those Trekboers
related to Modern usage · 23
Boers → Afrikaans-speaking, Afrikaners, Bloemfontein Convention, Boer, Boere, Cape-based Afrikaner, During, London Convention, May, Orange Free State, Orange Free State Republic, Others, Pretoria Convention, Sand River Convention, Second Anglo-Boer War, Some Boer, South Africa, South African Republic, They, Trekboer
related to 1914 Boer Revolt · 21
Boers → Boer, Boer Revolt, British, Five Shilling Rebellion, German, German Empire, Jan Smuts, Jopie Fourie, Louis Botha, Many Boers, Maritz, One, Second Boer War, South Africa, South African, The, The Maritz Rebellion, Third Boer War, Union, Union Defence Force
related to Cape Frontier Wars (1779–1879) · 21
Boers → After, Boer, British, Bushmans, Cape, Cape Colony, Eastern Cape, Frontier War, Governor, Graaff-Reinet, In, Khoisan, Plettenberg, Raids, South Africa, The, The Boers, The Xhosas, Upper Fish Rivers, Xhosa
related to Culture · 16
Boers → Boer, British, Cape, Dorsland, Great Trek, It, One, The, The Boer, Thirstland, Trek, Trekboers, VOC, Voortrekkers, We, Western
related to In modern fiction · 13
Boers → Africa, American, Brave New World, Cape Colony, Civilization, James, Michener, Paul Kruger, Scramble, South Africa, The, The Boers, The Covenant
related to Slachter's Nek · 12
Boers → An, Dutch, English, Frederick Bezuidenhout, Henry Cloete, Khoikhoi, Moreover, Slachters Nek, The, This, Upon, While
related to Anglo-Boer wars · 11
Boers → Barberton, Boer, British, Following, Orange Free State, Paul Kruger, Second Boer War, Tents, The Boers, Transvaal, Zuid-Afrikaansche Republiek
related to Discrimination · 11
Boers → Boer, Dubul, Economic Freedom Fighters, However, Interpretations, Julius Malema, Malema, South African, The, These, White
related to External links · 10
Boers → Boer, Encyclopædia Britannica, History, III, Media, New International Encyclopedia, South Africa, Vol, Wikimedia Commons, Wiktionary-logo-en-v2

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cape dutch colony british boer south voc government africa war frontier people free transvaal afrikaans afrikaners century great trek khoikhoi

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unconditional predestinationinstance ofin such fundamental Calvinist doctrines0.80text
divine providenceinstance ofin such fundamental Calvinist doctrines0.80text
remains present in a minority of Boer cultureinstance ofin such fundamental Calvinist doctrines0.80text
who see their role in society as abiding by the national lawsinstance ofin such fundamental Calvinist doctrines0.80text
accepting calamityinstance ofin such fundamental Calvinist doctrines0.80text
hardship as part of their Christian dutyinstance ofin such fundamental Calvinist doctrines0.80text
the National Partyinstance ofreferring to institutional structures0.80text
or to specific groups of peopleinstance ofreferring to institutional structures0.80text
such as members of the Police Forceinstance ofreferring to institutional structures0.80text
Boersrelated to 1914 Boer RevoltThe Maritz Rebellion0.60section
Boersrelated to 1914 Boer RevoltBoer Revolt0.60section
Boersrelated to 1914 Boer RevoltFive Shilling Rebellion0.60section

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