APARTHEID IN SOUTH AFRICA:  A Timeline

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"1652      
Dutch settlers establish a colony on the Cape of Good Hope, taking land from indigenous tribes and bringing slaves from Asia.

1795               
Great Britain takes control of the colony.

1833               
The British abolish slavery.  Seeking political freedom and new indigenous laborers, the Dutch, or “Boers,” migrate inland.

1910               
Following a series of wars, the British colonies and Boer republics merge into the Union of South Africa, with shared political power between the two white groups.

1911               
The African National Congress (ANC) forms to protect the rights of black South Africans.

1913               
The Native Land Act limits property ownership by blacks. "As against the European the native stands as an eight year old against a man of mature experience,” argues Boer politician JBM Hertzog.

1926               
The Color Bar Act prevents blacks from practicing skilled trades.

1948               
The Boers’ National Party is elected to power on a platform of systemized, legalized racial segregation, or “apartheid.”

1949               
The Prohibition of Mixed Marriages Act outlaws interracial marriage.

1950               
The Population Registration Act identifies four racial classifications, in order of superiority:  white, Asian, coloured (mixed heritage) and black.  The Group Areas Act designates specific homelands for each race, and hundreds of thousands of blacks, coloureds and Asians are forcibly relocated.  Blacks, comprising over 70% of the population, are restricted to 13% of the land.

1951               
The Bantu Authorities Act gives self-government to the ten black homelands, or “bantustans.”

1952               

The Pass Laws Act requires blacks to carry identification booklets at all times."

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