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Boers

The Nuttall Encyclopedia

E . peasants engaged in tillage), Dutch colonists of an independent republican temper, who in the 17th century squatted in S. Africa; gave themselves to agriculture and cattle-rearing; settled at length in the Transvaal in a self-governed community by themselves.

Bibliography Information
Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Boers'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​nut/​b/boers.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.