The Natalia Republiek

There now followed a period of relative tranquility for the trekkers who had undergone so much. Farms were apportioned and it seemed likely that their small republic would be recognized by Whitehall.

Africans also drifted back to the lands from which they had been driven by both Shaka and Dingane. However, only five families per farm were allowed to resettle and the surplus were relocated South to land claimed by paramount chief Faku of the Pondos. There were to be far reaching consequences to this action.

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