What Was The Experience Of Black South Africans In British Concentration Camps During The Guerilla War Flashcards
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Who did the Broth Scroched earth policy also affect
Africans-the labourers in the Boer farms and Africans living in the areas around the farms
What happened in 1901
Separate concentration camps were established to house displaced Africans
Reasons why British sent has two concentration camps
Prevent Boers from getting any type if help from Africans during the guerilla war
They wanted to use Africans as labourers during the war
What were the able bodied men used for and what happened to the children ad less able bodied men
Were used as labpurers in the army while the women and children and less able bodied women were involved in farmjng food to feed the camps and British army
At the end of the over how many people had been placed in camps
Over 115 000
How would some Africans get to white camps
They were servants who accompanied the Boer families they worked for
What was the estimated mortality rate in African camps
14 000 Africans died in the camps most victims were children
What were most deaths caused by
Chicken pox
Measels
Dysentery
Reasons for high mortality rate
Camps were overcrowded
Tents were poor quality and did protect people from weather
Water was polluted
Shortage of firewood
Poor quality rations in insufficient amounts
Inadequate medical facilities
When did camps improve
1902 and mortality rate decreased
What did the Boers know and what do some historians believe
Boers knew that the Africans played a large role in the war and felt that the Africans posed a threat to the Boer commandos and the Boer women and children in the veld
Some historians believe that the African resistance to the Boer together with the Africans fighting on the side of the British played an important part in the Boer delegates decision to sign a peace agreement with the British in 1902
