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Pass Laws
Laws were imposed by the British and Dutch in the slave economy of the Cape Colony -
Land Act of 1913
Imposed the establishment of the territorial "homeland" foundations. -
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Group Areas Act
Mandated residential segregation throughout South Africa. -
Defiance Campaign
In South Africa, this was performed by the African National Congress. -
Women's Protests in Pretoria
In response to the Apartheid, 20,000 women marched. -
Sharpeville Massacre
The police station in Sharpeville was burned, killing 69 people. -
District Six in Cape Town
A vibrant color community that destroyed government bulldozers that promoted white areas. -
Bantu Homelands Citizenship Act of 1970
Declared all Africans were citizens of "homelands", rather than South Africa itself. -
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Homeland Conflicts
Many Africans had found their laws and citizenship were stripped and deported to poverty-stricken "homelands". -
Homelands are Dissolved
The homelands were reabsorbed into South Africa.