Apartheid was a legal system of racial segregation in South African, brought about by Nationalist rule during colonial times. In 1652, Europeans began settlements in South Africa, establishing the Dutch East Company colony in Cape Town. As Dutch slave owners moved further inland, Britain began to acquire parts of South Africa, welcoming more British and East Indian immigrants into the area. Although the British and Boer wars freed enslaved blacks and granted them political and civil rights, certain…
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