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ZA HPRA A979-D-Da-Da33
Title
Plaatje, S T, Kimberley. To Chief Silas Molema, [Mafeking]
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- 3 December 1913 (Creation)
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autograph letter signedExtent2 pages
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(19th - 20th century)
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Regrets that his time has been wasted by coming to Mafeking to see the Chief; reports that Mr Welsh will be going to Mafeking, and that he states that their land does not belong to them but on migrating to the south the Baralong were diverted to the east by the Matabele War; they then killed the Hottentots living in the mountains and as a result they are now being penalised:
Plaatje refutes argument stating that the land from Mafeking to Lohurutse belongs to the Baralong and Bangwaketse; blood was not shed deliberately but caused by provocation of the Matabele; they fought together with the Boers to expel the Matabele, yet now the Boers are troubling them.
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- Tswana