Cape Colony
Britishnoun
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Historians estimate there were nearly 40,000 slaves in the Cape Colony when slavery ended.
From Washington Times • Oct. 20, 2023
It threatened British domination over the main water route to Asia, which passed the British Cape Colony, and it made its prized colony of India more accessible—and more vulnerable.
From Textbooks • Dec. 14, 2022
At the University of Oxford, protesters have stepped up their longtime push to remove a statue of Rhodes, the Victorian imperialist who served as prime minister of the Cape Colony in southern Africa.
From Seattle Times • Jun. 11, 2020
Lady Grey was the wife of Sir George Grey, a governor of the Cape Colony in the eighteen-fifties.
From The New Yorker • May 6, 2019
In 1890 Hofmeyr joined forces with Cecil Rhodes, who became premier of Cape Colony with the support of the Bond.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 5 "Hinduism" to "Home, Earls of" by Various
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