The Great Trek Part 1 - The History of South Africa

Joshua Wolvaardt
Joshua Wolvaardt
8,104
0
Published 2023-06-21
The Great Trek was a northward migration of Dutch-speaking settlers who travelled by wagon trains from the Cape Colony into the interior of modern South Africa from 1836 onwards, seeking to live beyond the Cape's British colonial administration. This formed and integral part of South African History.

If you would like to read more - checkout my amazon affiliate link to The Great Trek Uncut: Escape from British Rule- The Boer Exodus from the Cape Colony 1836 - amzn.to/3paQlwe You can pick up this book and much more resources on Amazon .

Don’t forget to subscribe to catch the whole series as it is released.
I always love feedback so don’t forget to leave a comment.

If you enjoy this content and would like to contribute financially in the production to continue to produce better quality content please have a look at our Patreon page: patreon.com/JoshuaWolvaardt

Background ink Video by Bernard from Pixabay
Subscribe Video by KAY Virk from Pixabay
Thank you Video by THUY PHAM XUAN from Pixabay
All Comments (11)
  • @jasonniania3937
    This is Beautiful...YES... From AOTEAROA MAORI... Who loves the Boer Trekking...
  • @DarkWinterAMV
    Thank you 🙏🙏🙏 i study better with videos rather than textbooks so this helps me so much for my test tomorrow
  • @mohabatkhanmalak1161
    Very interesting, there was one other trek of which little is known and this was all the way to Kenya. This trek I am guessing took place after the second Boer war and the trekkers must have sailed from maybe Durban to Mombasa, Kenya. Anyway, this small party of Dutch settlers then went inland untill they reached a place in the highlands, where the climate was cooler and there established dairy farms and a creamery which went on to be named the "Kenya Co-Operative Creameries" or KCC. They also found the town of Eldoret there. KCC used to supply the whole of east Africa with their products.
  • @blairgowrieforestrailwayan2786
    If I was at school I would have said "BORING" until I visited Blood River and the battlefields in Natal, I think my negativity would be because it was forced upon us.
  • @guillaumecabano33
    @10:03 Jou portrette van die Bantjies-familie is verkeerd. Die Bantjies was kleurling Afrikaners, nie blanke Europeers nie. Daai portrette wat jy gebruik is van latere generasie Bantjiese, van toe hulle meer ingemeng het met Europese Afrikaners. Daai eerste portret wat jy is waarskynlik die kleinseun van die Jan Gerritze Bantjies, gebore 1865 te Potchestroom. Dis nie 'n portret van die ouer generasie voortrekker Jan Gerritze Bantjies wat die Kommissietrek egter deurgebring het nie, m.a.w. sy oupa. En die tweede portret wat jy is waarskynlik van Bernard Louis Bantjies, 'n nóg latere generasie Bantjies, gebore in 1890 te Rustenburg. Sien onder vir 'n portret van die voortrekker Jan Gerritze Bantjies: https://www.sahistory.org.za/people/jan-gerritze-bantjes en https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Bantjes-6 en https://images.app.goo.gl/HU6A7HnkV6EFekWKA En sy seun, Jan Gerritze Bantjies, gebore 1843 te Humansdorp: https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Bantjes-7 En sy kleinseun, Jan Gerritze Bantjies gebore van Bernhard Bantjies (seun van voortrekker Bantjies) in 1865 te Potchefstroom https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Bantjes-76 En sy klein kleinseun Bernard Louis Bantjies gebore 1890 te Rustenberg (seun van Jan Gerritze Bantjies gebore 1865: https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Bantjes-80