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Samuel Alfred (Taffy) Long, heralded by subsequent labour histories as one of SA’s greatest working-class martyrs, is arrested
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- 01Verwey, E.J. (ed)(1995). New Dictionary of South African Biography, v.1, Pretoria: HSRC.
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South African History Online. (2012, March 12). Samuel Alfred (Taffy) Long, heralded by subsequent labour histories as one of SA’s greatest working-class martyrs, is arrested. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0076824
South African History Online (2012) 'Samuel Alfred (Taffy) Long, heralded by subsequent labour histories as one of SA’s greatest working-class martyrs, is arrested', South African History Online, 12 March. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0076824 (Accessed: 28 August 2026).
South African History Online, Samuel Alfred (Taffy) Long, heralded by subsequent labour histories as one of SA’s greatest working-class martyrs, is arrested [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0076824, (accessed 28 August 2026).
"Samuel Alfred (Taffy) Long, heralded by subsequent labour histories as one of SA’s greatest working-class martyrs, is arrested." South African History Online, 12 Mar. 2012, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0076824. Accessed 28 Aug. 2026.
South African History Online. "Samuel Alfred (Taffy) Long, heralded by subsequent labour histories as one of SA’s greatest working-class martyrs, is arrested." South African History Online. March 12, 2012. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0076824.
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