'The natives are always stealing': White, vigilantes and the 'reign of terror' in the Orange Free State, 1918-1924

During the formative years of capitalist agriculture, white farmers in the Orange Free State relied on both legal and extra-legal means to create a docile labour force of African workers. The article looks at the violence committed by the white vigilante groups against the African workers. While the...

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Main Author: Murray, Martin J. 1945- (Author)
Format: Print Article
Language:English
Published: 1989
In: The journal of African history
Year: 1989, Volume: 30, Issue: 1, Pages: 107-123
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Keywords:
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Paramilitärischer Verband
Strafverfolgung
Politische Verfolgung
Landarbeiter
Rassismus
Bauer
Menschenrechtsverletzung
Schwarze
Südafrikanische Republik > Orange Free State > Weiße > Paramilitärische Verbände > Strafverfolgung > Politische Verfolgung > Landarbeiter > Rassismus > Bauern > Menschenrechtsverletzung > Schwarze
Südafrika
Apartheid
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Summary:During the formative years of capitalist agriculture, white farmers in the Orange Free State relied on both legal and extra-legal means to create a docile labour force of African workers. The article looks at the violence committed by the white vigilante groups against the African workers. While the state authorities never officially sanctioned vigilantism, these white farmers who used violence to intimidate their African labourers had little to fear with respect to prosecution, let alone conviction. (DÜI-Sen)
ISSN:0021-8537