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- Date:
- 1806 - 1910
- Major Events:
- Jameson Raid
- Gun War
- South Africa Act
- Great Trek
- Related Topics:
- Western colonialism
- Related Places:
- South Africa
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Cape Colony
British colony, South Africa
Cape Colony, British colony established in 1806 in what is now South Africa. With the formation of the Union of South Africa (1910), the colony became the province of the Cape of Good Hope (also called Cape Province). For more detail, see Cape Province.
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