CHAPTER VI

THE DUTCH IN AFRICA

Dutch traders on the Gold Coast—Dutch settle at the Cape of Good Hope—St Helena—Mauritius—The Netherland East India Co.—Huguenot colonists—Governor Tulbagh—extensions of Dutch influence—First hostile British expedition under Commodore Johnstone—First Dutch war with the Kafirs—First British occupation of the Cape of Good Hope—Interregnum of Dutch rule—British finally annex Cape Colony—Their rulers come into conflict with the sentiments of the Dutch colonists (Boers)—The Boer Treks—Origin of Transvaal and Orange Free State republics—Annexation and revolt of Transvaal—Sir Charles Warren’s expedition—Gold in the Transvaal—Jews in South Africa—Johannesburg, the Outlanders, and Jameson’s raid—The war of 1899-1902—Union of South Africa 123