Discovery of #diamonds at #Kimberley drove British expansion into #SouthAfrica, provoking the #FirstBoerWar on #ThisDayInHistory in 1880. The #Afrikaners of the #SouthAfricanRepublic (aka #TransvaalRepublic) defeated the Brits and retained their autonomy... for another 20 years.

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