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Pass laws were designed to control the movement of Africans under apartheid.They were enacted for the purpose of ensuring a reliable supply of cheap,docile African labor for the gold and diamond mines. Africans often were compelled to violate the pass laws to find work to support their families, so harassment, fines, and arrests under the pass laws were a constant threat to many urban Africans. By the time the laws were repealed in 1986,they had led to more than 17 million arrests.
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Pass laws were designed to control the movement of Africans under apartheid.They were enacted for the purpose of ensuring a reliable supply of cheap,docile African labor for the gold and diamond mines. Africans often were compelled to violate the pass laws to find work to support their families, so harassment, fines, and arrests under the pass laws were a constant threat to many urban Africans. By the time the laws were repealed in 1986,they had led to more than 17 million arrests.
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Pass laws were designed to control the movement of Africans under apartheid.They were enacted for the purpose of ensuring a reliable supply of cheap,docile African labor for the gold and diamond mines. Africans often were compelled to violate the pass laws to find work to support their families, so harassment, fines, and arrests under the pass laws were a constant threat to many urban Africans. By the time the laws were repealed in 1986,they had led to more than 17 million arrests.