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The Memoirs of Paul Kruger
Paul Kruger was the dominating figure of Boer-and therefore South African-history of the nineteenth century. His life spanned the time of the Great Trek-the European settlement of the interior-right up to the end of the Second Boer War, and the shadow of his political career stretched deep into the twentieth century. His memoirs, dictated while in exile shortly after the end of the Second Boer War, provide a remarkable and unique insight into this period of history, from a perspective which no other work has ever delivered. This fast-moving account starts with a short biographical account of Kruger's early years in the British-ruled Cape Colony, his participation in the Great Trek, and pione...
South African Republic
Excerpt from South African Republic: A Convention Between Her Majesty the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and the South African Republic Whereas the Government of the Trans vaal State, through its Delegates, consist ing of Stephanus Johannes Paulus Kruger, President of the said State, Stephanus J acobus Du Toit, Superintendent of Edu cation, and Nicholas Jacobus Smit, a member of the Volksraad, have represented that the Convention signed at Pre toria on the 3rd day 'of August 1881, and ratified bytho Volksraad of the said State on the 25th October 1881, contains certain provisions which are inconvenient, and imposes burdens and obligations from which the said State i...
