Boer republics

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former country historical political entity

The Boer republics were independent, self-governing states established in the 19th century in southern Africa by Dutch-speaking Boer settlers who migrated inland from British-controlled territories.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Boer republics canonical	38
Boer republic	6
Boer Republics	2

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	former country ⓘ historical political entity ⓘ
borderedBy	British colonies in Southern Africa ⓘ
characterizedBy	Calvinist religious tradition ⓘ agrarian society ⓘ self-governance ⓘ
colonialContext	Scramble for Africa ⓘ
demographicMajority	white Boer farmers ⓘ
economyBasedOn	pastoral farming ⓘ subsistence agriculture ⓘ
emergedFrom	Great Trek ⓘ migration from British-controlled Cape Colony ⓘ
formedBy	Voortrekkers ⓘ surface form: Boer Voortrekkers
governedBy	Volksraad of the South African Republic ⓘ surface form: Volksraad
hadCurrency	pound ⓘ
hadReligion	Dutch Reformed Church ⓘ
hasEthnicBasis	Afrikaners ⓘ surface form: Boer
hasLinguisticBasis	Afrikaans-speaking settlers ⓘ Dutch-speaking settlers ⓘ
hasMember	Goshen ⓘ Republic of Zoutpansberg ⓘ surface form: Klein Vrystaat Natalia Republic ⓘ Nieuwe Republiek ⓘ Orange Free State ⓘ Republic of Lydenburg ⓘ Republic of Zoutpansberg ⓘ South African Republic ⓘ Stellaland ⓘ
headOfStateTitle	President ⓘ
influenced	later apartheid-era policies in South Africa ⓘ
involvedInConflict	First Boer War ⓘ Second Boer War ⓘ
legalSystemInfluencedBy	Roman-Dutch law ⓘ
locatedIn	Southern Africa ⓘ
lostSovereigntyTo	United Kingdom ⓘ
mainAdversary	British Empire ⓘ
politicalSystem	republic ⓘ
practiced	racial segregation policies ⓘ
precededBy	Cape Colony ⓘ surface form: British Cape Colony Cape Colony ⓘ surface form: Dutch Cape Colony
relatedTo	Afrikaner nationalism ⓘ Trekkers ⓘ surface form: Trekboers
sought	independence from British rule ⓘ
territoryLaterPartOf	South Africa ⓘ surface form: Republic of South Africa Dominion of South Africa ⓘ surface form: Union of South Africa
timePeriod	19th century ⓘ
usedLanguage	Dutch ⓘ early Afrikaans ⓘ

Referenced by (46)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Orange River Trek → relatedTo → Boer republics ⓘ

Transvaal Trek → relatedTo → Boer republics ⓘ

Siege of Ladysmith → belligerent → Boer republics ⓘ

Winburg, Orange Free State → partOf → Boer republics ⓘ

Smithfield district, Orange Free State → partOf → Boer republics ⓘ

Flag of the South African Republic → usedBy → Boer republics ⓘ

this entity surface form: Boer republic

Flag of the South African Republic → category → Boer republics ⓘ

Coat of arms of the South African Republic → associatedWith → Boer republics ⓘ

Sand River Convention → category → Boer republics ⓘ

Siege of Kimberley → opponent → Boer republics ⓘ

Paul Kruger Church → associatedWith → Boer republics ⓘ

this entity surface form: Boer Republics

Vice President of the South African Republic → usedBy → Boer republics ⓘ

this entity surface form: Boer republic

Frederik Johannes Willem Reitz → politicalAlignment → Boer republics ⓘ

Anglo-Boer War Museum → theme → Boer republics ⓘ

Convention of Bloemfontein → category → Boer republics ⓘ

Flag of the Orange Free State → usedBy → Boer republics ⓘ

this entity surface form: Boer republic

Coat of arms of the Orange Free State → associatedWith → Boer republics ⓘ

Basuto Wars → conflictBetween → Boer republics ⓘ

Basuto Wars → relatedTo → Boer republics ⓘ

Marthinus Theunis Steyn → sideInConflict → Boer republics ⓘ

State President → stateForm → Boer republics ⓘ

subject surface form: State President of the Orange Free State

this entity surface form: Boer republic

Boer Republic of Natalia → partOf → Boer republics ⓘ

Transvaal pound → politicalEntity → Boer republics ⓘ

this entity surface form: Boer republic

Orange River region → associatedWith → Boer republics ⓘ

Boer War battlefields → relatedTo → Boer republics ⓘ

Pretorius family → politicalInfluence → Boer republics ⓘ

Jan Brand → politicalAlignment → Boer republics ⓘ

Battle of Graspan → belligerent → Boer republics ⓘ

Battle of Belmont → belligerent → Boer republics ⓘ

Western Transvaal campaign → combatant → Boer republics ⓘ

Battle of Ladysmith → belligerent → Boer republics ⓘ

Black Week → belligerent → Boer republics ⓘ

Slag van Magersfontein → belligerent → Boer republics ⓘ

Battle of Donkerhoek → belligerent → Boer republics ⓘ

Battle of Colenso → belligerent → Boer republics ⓘ

British forces in the Second Boer War → opponent → Boer republics ⓘ

Christian Frederick Beyers → foughtFor → Boer republics ⓘ

British occupation of Bloemfontein → opponent → Boer republics ⓘ

British occupation of Bloemfontein → belligerent → Boer republics ⓘ

Frans Joubert → militaryAllegiance → Boer republics ⓘ

John MacBride → allegiance → Boer republics ⓘ

Hendrina Joubert → historicalContext → Boer republics ⓘ

Petrus Jacobus Joubert → militaryAllegiance → Boer republics ⓘ

Vierkleur → politicalEntityType → Boer republics ⓘ

this entity surface form: Boer republic

Vierkleur → category → Boer republics ⓘ

this entity surface form: Boer Republics

Mauser 1895 rifle → usedBy → Boer republics ⓘ