Union of South Africa
1910-1948
The betrayal of Black rights in 1910 laid the legal foundations for apartheid, sparking the rise of modern African Nationalism and the destruction of the independent Black peasantry.
Key Themes
The Great Dispossession
Rise of the ANC
Industrialization
Segregation
Population
Approximately 6 million (1910)
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Formation of the Union
May 31, 1910
The British and Boers reconcile at the expense of Black rights, excluding the majority from the vote.
The Natives Land Act
1913
The 'Paper Wall' that outlawed black land ownership and destroyed the sharecropper class.