Joachim Ferreira
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Joachim Ferreira was a Boer commandant who saw action at Majuba and Ingwavuma. He was responsible for negotiating the transfer of land east of the Lebombo Mountains to the South African Republic. His plans were frustrated by the actions of Sir Charles Saunders who annexed the territory which became known as British Maputaland.
He settled near Swaziland with other Voortrekker families in what they called the Commonwealth of the Little Free State in 1875. At the same time, Swazi King Mbandzeni granted a 36,000 acre grazing concession to Ferreira and Ignatius Maritz, the largest concession to Boer settlers at the time.[1]: 40 Ferreira began the First Boer War as the commandant of the Utrecht Commando, and went on to lead one of the two Boer divisions at the Battle of Majuba Hill on 27 February 1881.[2]
References
- ^ Laband, John (2014-07-10). The Transvaal Rebellion: The First Boer War, 1880-1881. Routledge. ISBN 9781317868460.
- ^ Uys, Ian S. (1992). South African Military Whoʼs Who, 1452-1992. Fortress Publishers. p. 78. ISBN 9780958317337.
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