Orange River Trek
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The Orange River Trek was a segment of the 19th-century Great Trek in which Boer settlers migrated across the Orange River to escape British rule and establish independent communities in the interior of southern Africa.
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
historical migration
ⓘ
segment of the Great Trek ⓘ |
| aim |
to establish self-governing communities
ⓘ
to move beyond direct British jurisdiction ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Boer frontier leadership
ⓘ
Voortrekker leaders ⓘ |
| broaderContext |
European colonization of southern Africa
ⓘ
frontier expansion in southern Africa ⓘ |
| cause |
Boer dissatisfaction with British policies
ⓘ
British legal and land reforms in the Cape Colony ⓘ annexation and administration of the Cape Colony by Britain ⓘ |
| contributedTo |
demographic changes in the interior of southern Africa
ⓘ
expansion of Afrikaner presence north of the Orange River ⓘ |
| countryCrossed |
Cape Colony
ⓘ
areas north of the Orange River ⓘ |
| ethnicGroupInvolved |
Afrikaners
ⓘ
Afrikaners ⓘ
surface form:
Boers
|
| hasParticipant |
Voortrekkers
ⓘ
surface form:
Boer settlers
Voortrekkers ⓘ |
| historicalRegion | Orange River region ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance |
important episode in resistance to British colonial rule in southern Africa
ⓘ
key phase in the territorial expansion of Boer communities ⓘ |
| involvedUseOf |
commando-style trek parties
ⓘ
ox-wagons ⓘ |
| languageOfParticipants |
Afrikaans
ⓘ
Dutch ⓘ |
| location |
Orange River
ⓘ
interior of southern Africa ⓘ Southern Africa ⓘ
surface form:
southern Africa
|
| motivatedBy |
desire for political independence
ⓘ
desire to escape British rule ⓘ frontier conflicts in the Cape Colony ⓘ land hunger ⓘ |
| movementAcross | Orange River frontier ⓘ |
| partOf | Great Trek ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Boer republics
ⓘ
Great Trek ⓘ Great Trek ⓘ
surface form:
Voortrekker movement
|
| resultedIn |
establishment of independent Boer republics in the interior
ⓘ
formation of Boer communities north of the Orange River ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
1830s
ⓘ
1840s ⓘ 19th century ⓘ |
| typeOfMigration |
overland wagon trek
ⓘ
settler migration ⓘ |
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.