1841 in South Africa
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The following lists events that happened during 1841 in South Africa.
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- Missionary David Livingstone arrives in the Cape Colony and proceeds to Kuruman before journeying through Central Africa.
- Voortrekkers set up a council in Potchefstroom
- Cape Masters and Servants Ordinance is passed, replacing Ordinance 50. It removes racial distinction among servants. White, coloured, and ex-slaves face equal legal penalties if they commit contract breaches.
- Refugees return to Natal, increasing the African population. The Boers see this as a security threat so the Volksraad orders "surplus" Africans, those not working for whites, to relocate between the Mtamvuba and Mzimvubu Rivers.
Deaths
[edit]- 1 May - Sir Rufane Shaw Donkin, acting Governor of the Cape Colony who supervised the arrival and settling of the British settlers and who founded Port Elizabeth, dies in Southampton, England
References
[edit]See Years in South Africa for list of References
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- ^ "General South African History Timeline: 1800s | South African History Online". www.sahistory.org.za. Retrieved 19 February 2025.