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Feestelijk onthaal van F.W. Br ...... Zuid-Afrika op 6 december 1903
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Festive reception of F.W. Braat Jr. on his homecoming from South Africa on Dec. 6, 1903
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Shortly after the First Boer War (1880-1881), the Royal Factory F.W. Braat receives many orders from 'Transvaal,' or the 'South African Republic (ZAR),' in northeastern South Africa. The area in which the company trades quickly expands to 'Oranje Vrijstaat,' now the South African province of Free State, and also Cape Town. The Second Boer War (1899-1902) brings trade in these areas to a halt. On May 23, 1903, F.W. Braat Jr. leaves for South Africa to get the flow of orders going again. By visiting existing and new business contacts, Braat manages to get trade in South Africa going again. 'Transvaal' and the 'Orange Free State' were two independent states founded by Afrikaners (Boers). Due in part to the British invasion of the Cape Colony in 1795 and the abolition of slavery in 1834, the Boers began the so-called Great Migration. The Boers, descendants of Dutch settlers, move north, where the area is colonized by force. The Boers exclude the original inhabitants from church and state affairs and introduce a system similar to slavery (the indenture system), with the difference that this system is not formalized. During the First and Second Boer War, the Netherlands begins to interfere politically and economically with "Transvaal" and the "Orange Free State. Action committees are formed, including sending Dutch teachers to South Africa to spread the language and culture. In addition, workers are recruited to build infrastructure, such as rail lines, which contribute to the agendas of Dutch-colonial enterprises. After the victory of the British, "Transvaal" and "Orange Free State" are added to the British Empire under the names "Transvaal Colony" and "Orange Free State" with the promise that the Boers will regain autonomy over these states in the future. Shortly after this event, the advance fund is established in the Netherlands. The aim of this initiative is to support, among other things, the flow of migration from the Netherlands to South Africa, thus promoting the economy in South Africa. The photo shows F.W. Braat Jr. (1858-1928) being welcomed by the staff of the Royal Factory on his return home from South Africa on December 6, 1903. Sources - Adhikari, Mohamed. 2010. "A Total Extinction Confidently Hoped for: The Destruction of Cape San Society Under Dutch Colonial Rule, 1700-1795." Journal of Genocide Research 12 (1-2): 19-44. - Braat, G. J. (1945). 100 Royal Factory F. W. Braat. Royal Factory F.W. Braat; WorldCat. - Eldredge, Elizabeth A., and Fred Morton, eds. 1994. Slavery in South Africa: Captive Labor on the Dutch Frontier. African Modernization and Development Series. Boulder : Pietermaritzburg: Westview Press ; University of Natal Press. - Moore, Ryan. 2018. "The Rise and Fall of the Orange Free State and Transvaal in Southern Africa Worlds Revealed." Webpage. WORLDS REVEALED Geography & Maps at the Library of Congress. - Nourhussen, Seada. 2019. "With this colonial language we stop." OneWorld, September. - Stobbe, Jeltsje, and Cavero Cuenca Lisa. 2016. "The Collection of Archives at The South Africa House." Archives Journal 120 (1): 17-21.
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