Polity Klipdrift Republic

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Was a Boer Republic (independent republics formed by Durch-speaking inhabitants of the Cape Colony that wanted to be independent from the British Cape Colony).

Establishment

  • July 1870: At the settlement of Klipdrift, on 30 July 1870 Stafford Parker declared the independent Klipdrift Republic and was also chosen as President.

Chronology

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1. Events

  • October 1871: The district of Klipdrift Republic, together with some adjacent territory to which the Transvaal had laid claim, was proclaimed, under the name of Griqualand West, British territory.

Disestablishment

  • October 1871: The district of Klipdrift Republic, together with some adjacent territory to which the Transvaal had laid claim, was proclaimed, under the name of Griqualand West, British territory.