What happened in the concentration camps during the Boer War?

(the Boers were fighting the war)? People were put in camps for their protection. They were interned for their safety. They were being taken there so that they could be fed because the farmers were away fighting the Boer War.

What was the experience of Afrikaners in the British concentration camps?

There were a total of 45 tented camps built for Boer internees and 64 camps for black Africans. The camps were poorly administered from the outset and thousands of people died due to the terrible conditions. The internees received hardly any rations or medical support and were expected to grow their own crops.

Did the British have concentration camps in South Africa?

British Concentration Camps of the South African War 1900-1902. The camps were formed by the British army to house the residents of the two Boer republics of the South African Republic and the Orange Free State. They were established towards the end of 1900, after Britain had invaded the Boer republics.

What percentage of Boers died in concentration camps?

A report after the war concluded that 27,927 Boers (of whom 24,074 [50 percent of the Boer child population] were children under 16) had died in the camps. In all, about one in four (25 percent) of the Boer inmates, mostly children, died. “Improvements [however] were much slower in coming to the black camps”.

How many black people died in the Anglo Boer War?

Recent research by Kessler and the Anglo-Boer War Museum has documented 17,182 black deaths. Kessler estimates the real figure is well over 20,000.

How many black people died in the Anglo-Boer War?