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eventREF E-0011783Revised

8 November 1952

Mayibuye Uprising-black South Africans, slaves in the land of their birth, rose up to peacefully throw off their shackles

Updated
30 Sep 2019

How we know this

  1. 01Robben Island Mayibuye Archives
  2. 02theNewAge ,'Mayibuye revolt recalled'[Online] Available at:www.thenewage.co.za,[Accessed: 03 October 2013]
  3. 03nelsonMandela, 'GLEN GREY ACT' ,[Online] Available at: www.nelsonmandela.org, [Accessed: 03 October 2013]

Last updated · 30 Sep 2019

Cite this entry

South African History Online. (2011, March 16). Mayibuye Uprising-black South Africans, slaves in the land of their birth, rose up to peacefully throw off their shackles. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0011783

South African History Online (2011) 'Mayibuye Uprising-black South Africans, slaves in the land of their birth, rose up to peacefully throw off their shackles', South African History Online, 16 March. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0011783 (Accessed: 7 November 2026).

South African History Online, Mayibuye Uprising-black South Africans, slaves in the land of their birth, rose up to peacefully throw off their shackles [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0011783, (accessed 7 November 2026).

"Mayibuye Uprising-black South Africans, slaves in the land of their birth, rose up to peacefully throw off their shackles." South African History Online, 16 Mar. 2011, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0011783. Accessed 7 Nov. 2026.

South African History Online. "Mayibuye Uprising-black South Africans, slaves in the land of their birth, rose up to peacefully throw off their shackles." South African History Online. March 16, 2011. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0011783.

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