Great Trek

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Afrikaner history event historical event migration

The Great Trek was a 19th-century migration of Dutch-speaking Afrikaner settlers who moved inland from the British-controlled Cape Colony to establish independent Boer republics in southern Africa.

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Surface form Occurrences
Great Trek (1830s–1840s) 1
Great Trek centenary commemoration 1
Great Trek in art 1

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Afrikaner history event ⓘ
historical event ⓘ
migration ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Great Trek ⓘ
surface form: Groot Trek
cause British abolition of slavery in the Cape Colony ⓘ
dissatisfaction with British rule in the Cape Colony ⓘ
imposition of English law and language in the Cape Colony ⓘ
chronology 19th century ⓘ
commemoratedBy Day of the Vow ⓘ
surface form: Day of the Covenant

Day of the Vow ⓘ
Voortrekker Monument ⓘ
country South Africa ⓘ
culturalSignificance foundational myth in Afrikaner nationalism ⓘ
endTime 1846 ⓘ
hasEffect Battle of Blood River ⓘ
Battle of Blood River ⓘ
surface form: Voortrekker–Zulu conflict

establishment of Boer republics ⓘ
expansion of white settlement into the South African interior ⓘ
founding of the Orange Free State ⓘ
founding of the South African Republic ⓘ
increased conflict with African polities ⓘ
hasPart Natal ⓘ
surface form: Natal Trek

Orange River Trek ⓘ
Transvaal Trek ⓘ
involves ox-wagon convoys ⓘ
trekboers ⓘ
languageOfParticipants Dutch ⓘ
Proto-Afrikaans ⓘ
location Cape Colony ⓘ
Southern Africa ⓘ
interior of South Africa ⓘ
mainSubject Afrikaners ⓘ
motivatedBy desire for political independence from Britain ⓘ
desire to preserve Afrikaner culture and religion ⓘ
opposedBy British Empire ⓘ
Ndebele under Mzilikazi ⓘ
Zulu Kingdom ⓘ
participant Dutch settlers ⓘ
surface form: Boers

Dutch-speaking Afrikaner settlers ⓘ
Afrikaners ⓘ
surface form: Voortrekkers
partOf history of South Africa ⓘ
religion Calvinism ⓘ
significantEvent Battle of Blood River ⓘ
Crossing of the Drakensberg ⓘ
Murder of Piet Retief ⓘ
significantPerson Andries Hendrik Potgieter ⓘ
Andries Pretorius ⓘ
Andries Hendrik Potgieter ⓘ
surface form: Gerrit Maritz

Andries Hendrik Potgieter ⓘ
surface form: Hendrik Potgieter

Piet Retief ⓘ
startTime 1835 ⓘ

Referenced by (29)

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

Great Trek → alsoKnownAs → Great Trek ⓘ
this entity surface form: Groot Trek
this entity surface form: Great Trek centenary commemoration
Afrikaners → associatedWithEvent → Great Trek ⓘ
this entity surface form: History of the Great Trek
Voortrekker Monument → dedicatedTo → Great Trek ⓘ
this entity surface form: Voortrekkers
Hall of Heroes frieze → depicts → Great Trek ⓘ
this entity surface form: Great Trek (1830s–1840s)
Piet Retief → movement → Great Trek ⓘ
Battle of Blood River → partOf → Great Trek ⓘ
Murder of Piet Retief → partOf → Great Trek ⓘ
Natalia Republic → partOf → Great Trek ⓘ
Orange River Trek → partOf → Great Trek ⓘ
Transvaal Trek → partOf → Great Trek ⓘ
Andries Pretorius → participantIn → Great Trek ⓘ
Paul Kruger → participantIn → Great Trek ⓘ
Stephanus → participatedIn → Great Trek ⓘ
subject surface form: Stephanus Johannes Paulus Kruger
Day of the Vow → relatedEvent → Great Trek ⓘ
Battle of Blood River → relatedTo → Great Trek ⓘ
Orange River Trek → relatedTo → Great Trek ⓘ
this entity surface form: Voortrekker movement
Orange River Trek → relatedTo → Great Trek ⓘ
Cape Colony → significantEvent → Great Trek ⓘ
this entity surface form: Great Trek in art