The architects of the Jameson Raid (financed by Cecil Rhodes
, led by Leander Starr Jameson
) used this intentionally undated letter to justify to the British public (after the fact) the armed incursion into...
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Flora Shaw
This letter appealed to Jameson for help from a representative of the British residents of the Transvaal: Thousands of unarmed men, women and children of our race, will be at the mercy of well-armed Boers...
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Olive Schreiner
The book was written for a British audience, because Schreiner felt that British public opinion might prevent Cecil Rhodes
from carrying out his plans to foment war to obtain control over the Transvaal.
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Bessie Head
Inspired by her early, uncritical admiration for Khama III, Chief of Bechuanaland
, the book moved to the intention of depicting him warts and all (using a title given him by his people, Mother Winter...
