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

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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

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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.