TIL: British established concentration camps in South Africa during the Second Boer War, forcing over 100,000 women, children, and Black South Africans into overcrowded, unsanitary sites.

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TIL: British established concentration camps in South Africa during the Second Boer War, forcing over 100,000 women, children, and Black South Africans into overcrowded, unsanitary sites. - Lemmy.World

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British concentration camps in South Africa (1899–1902) were established during the Second Boer War, forcing over 100,000 Boer women, children, and Black South Africans into overcrowded, unsanitary sites. The camps were characterized by severe overcrowding, poor sanitation, inadequate food rations, and a lack of medical care, leading to massive outbreaks of measles, typhoid, and dysentery. Nearly 26,000 Boer women and children died, while over 20,000 Black Africans died

It was Created during the guerrilla phase of the Second Boer War, according to British officials , the camps were designed to prevent Boer guerrillas from obtaining supplies, shelter, and intelligence from their families and allies. Despite these claims , the primary target were Boer women and children, but also significant numbers of Black South Africans were interned in separate, often worse, camps.

These camps were, according to a some pro British historians that it’s not comparable to Nazi concentration camps, as its not designed for systematic extermination but for internment, although the resulting death rate was extremely high.

Whereas pro african historians claim that British officials doesn’t cared whether people died or not . British officials primary goal were imperialism

The British government has not issued a formal, official apology for the concentration camps used during the Second Boer War (1899-1902).

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Which is weird. They should only be apologizing to the native SA. Fuck the boers.
Maybe read up on south African history. But yeah shitty actions by pretty much all involved.