St. John Broderick claims concentration camps are improving

Date: 22 Apr 1901
Updated: 30 Sep 2019

The British Secretary for War, St. John Broderick, told the House of Commons that every effort was made to improve conditions in concentration camps in South Africa. The camps were set up during one of the toughest and bleakest phases in the history of South Africa. The country was experiencing yet another war, the Second South African War also known as the Second Anglo-Boer War, 1899-1902.

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01Boddy-Evans, A. ‘This Day in African History: 22 April’, from About African History, [online], available at https://africanhistory.about.com (Accessed: 13 March 2013)
02Barnard, H. (1995) ‘The Concentration Camps: 1899 – 1902’, 21 May, [online], available at www.boer.co.za (Accessed: 13 March 2013)

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South African History Online. (2013, April 19). St. John Broderick claims concentration camps are improving. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0095491

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