Black Freedom in South Africa

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This paper provides an overview of the black people's struggle for freedom in South Africa from the 17th century onwards. It examines apartheid laws since 1948 and the Blacks success in finally getting rid of racial laws in the 1990s.

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"The freedom of Africans from apartheid in South Africa is considered as a remarkable event in the 20th century history, but the struggle for freedom began as early as the 17th century when the Dutch colonizers first set food on the land. The resistance by the Africans initially against the Dutch and later against the British resulted in many wars that ended in the reinforcement of their colonial subordination. Their colonial subordination took a different form than that of other colonized populations when the Afrikaner Nationalist Party enacted apartheid laws in 1948, establishing racial separation and white domination in all aspects of life. Apartheid was a system of government that was established through the ratification of 317 apartheid-related laws (Spindle). By segregating public services and public spaces, it restricted the social, economic, and political mobility of black people."

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