Collection:Piet Retief, Voortrekker leader who was murdered by Zulu king Dingane at Ungungundlovo, is born on the farm Soetendal, Wagenmak×
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1838 Die Groot Trek oor die Drakensberg
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Retief manifesto, (Graham's Town Journal), 2 February 1837
Piet Retief's published manifesto, setting out the reasons for the Voortrekker's departure from the Cape colony. Photographed in a display…
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Copy of the treaty allegedly signed by Dingaan and Retief ceding large tracts of the Zulu Kingdom to the Voortrekkers
Copy of the treaty allegedly signed by Dingaan and Retief ceding large tracts of the Zulu Kingdom to the Voortrekkers, created by Jan…
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The Great Trek Was Not Over Abolition by Ron (Republican Trekker Volk), 30 October 2008
Certain historians have erroneously asserted the the Great Trek was motivated over the issue of the abolition of slavery but the fact of…
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Manifesto of the emigrant farmers By Piet Retief, 1837
Soon after the close of his correspondence with Lt.-Governor Stockenstrom, Piet Retief left this document behind when he joined other…