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Also Known As Andries Wilhelmus Jacobus Pretorius
Born November 27, 1798 • near Graaff-Reinet • South Africa
Died July 23, 1853 (aged 54) • Transvaal • South Africa
Role In Battle of Blood River • Great Trek

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Andries Pretorius, portrait (artist unknown).
Monuments to Andries Pretorius (right) and his son Marthinus serve as a tribute to their place in the history of South Africa.
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Boer leader
Piet Retief
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Boer leader
Marthinus Wessel Pretorius
Boer South African leader
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Boer leader
Boer Gen. Pieter Arnoldus Cronjé (left) surrendering to British Field Marshal Lord Roberts, 1900, during the South African War (1899–1902).
Pieter Arnoldus Cronjé
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Salomon Gerhardus Maritz
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Jan Smuts.
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South African statesman
Paul Kruger
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South African statesman
Louis Botha
Louis Botha
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Theophilus Shepstone.
Sir Theophilus Shepstone
British South African statesman
Christiaan Rudolf de Wet
Boer statesman
Burgers, Thomas François
Thomas François Burgers
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Isaac Schapera
South African anthropologist
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C.F. Beyers
South African politician
Dingane
Zulu king of Natal
Barney Barnato
British financier
Sir Donald Currie
British shipowner and politician
Robert Broom
South African paleontologist
Jacob Zuma
Jacob Zuma
president of South Africa