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British took over Cape Colony
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British abolished slave trade
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British abolished slave ownership
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1st Boer War when Brits refused to grant independence to Transvaal after the British won the Zulu war
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Gold discovered in Witwatersrand
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Formation of the Kimberley Diamond Syndicate
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Cecil Rhodes becomes PM of Cape Colony
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Jameson Raid
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Alfred Milner becomes High commissioner for South Africa
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Bloemfontein conference