The people of South Africa will forever mark the ANGLO-BOER WAR of 1899-1902 as one of South Africa's most significant events. Though nick named a "white man's war" research later proved that all of Africa's inhabitants including its black "neutral" occupants were affected both directly and indirectly by the events of the war.

On October 11th, 1899, war broke out between the two former republics (the Orange Free State and Transvaal) and Britain. As tensions rose and the war escalated Britain brought reinforcements from Australia, New Zealand, and Canada as well as several volunteers from other British colonies. The war lasted three years, and the casualties for both sides were astronomical. Tensions were on the rise in the preceding years, but what caused the Boers and Britain to come to sudden blows? The following essay will look at the events and causes that led to war, the battles(briefly), the victims, and the events that followed the war. Evidence will show that Britains "capitalist and imperialistic"attitudes set the stage for the unavoidable conflict. And that Britain was not fighting to end oppression, they were in fact jockeying their position to b

Sadly the British were not fighting for the oppressed, they were fighting for transference, and the ability to become the dominating force in the region. With their victory more people would die and become enslaved. These people would suffer for years to come and become sacrificial tools for Britain's economic integrity.

In December of 1895, Cecil Rhodes (who was the premier of the cape) and some of his subordinates, and associates from the mining industry wanted to overthrow the government of the South African Republic. Rhodes felt that since foreign miners (in Transvaal) outnumbered the Boers (2:1) that he could easily take the region by force and prevent an expensive and lengthy war. Rhodes contacted his long time friend Doctor Leander Starr Jameson, the two men then conspired a plan to attack Johannesburg, Pitsani, and finally Cape Town. The attack was to take place between Christmas 1895 and January 4th 1896. Rhodes and Jameson had sent many telegraphs in the preceding weeks. These telegraphs, along with rumors slurred from drunken Uitlander sympathizers fell directly into the lap of president Kruger. When Rhodes had realized that he did not have total support from the Uitlanders he began to telegraph Jameson to call off the raid. However, Jameson believed that Rhodes was simply trying t!

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Ed. Theodore C. Caldwell, (Boston: D.C. Heath and co. 1900)

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