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Piet Retief is baptized in Drakenstein, Western Cape

Piet Retief is baptized in Drakenstein, Western Cape

Date
3 May 1781
Updated
30 Sep 2019
Piet Retief is baptized in Drakenstein, Western Cape

Piet Retief was one of the leaders of the Great Trek that introduced Afrikaner settlement to the interior. Prior to their departure from Cape Town he wrote a manifesto to the Grahamstown Journal bitterly complaining about the abolishing of slavery and the free movement of freed slaves in the Cape. Also added to their complaints was the British 'Anglicization' of the Cape.

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  1. 01Sources: Wallis, F. (2000). Nuusdagboek: feite en fratse oor 1000 jaar, Kaapstad: Human & Rousseau.

Last updated · 30 Sep 2019

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South African History Online. (2011, March 16). Piet Retief is baptized in Drakenstein, Western Cape. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0010866

South African History Online (2011) 'Piet Retief is baptized in Drakenstein, Western Cape', South African History Online, 16 March. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0010866 (Accessed: 2 August 2026).

South African History Online, Piet Retief is baptized in Drakenstein, Western Cape [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0010866, (accessed 2 August 2026).

"Piet Retief is baptized in Drakenstein, Western Cape." South African History Online, 16 Mar. 2011, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0010866. Accessed 2 Aug. 2026.

South African History Online. "Piet Retief is baptized in Drakenstein, Western Cape." South African History Online. March 16, 2011. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0010866.

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