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SWELLENDAM

This article appears in Volume V26, Page 224 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: SUS-TAV
SWELLENDAM , a town of
South
  Africa, Cape province, in the valley of the Breede River, 192 M. by rail E. by S. of Cape Town. Pop. (1904), 2406, of whom_1139 were
white
 . Swellendam is one of the older Dutch settlements in the Cape, dating from 1745, and was named after Hendrik Swellengrebel (then
governor
  of the Cape) and his wife, whose maiden name was Damme. Early in 1795 the burghers of the town and
district
  rose in revolt against the Dutch
East
  India Company, pro-claimed a " free republic," and elected a so-styled national assembly. At the same time the burghers of Graaff Reinet also rebelled against the Cape authorities, who were powerless to suppress the insurrectionary
movement
 . One of the claims of the " free republic " was " the absolute and unconditional slavery of all Hottentots and
Bushmen
 ." In September of that year Cape Town surrendered to the British and the " National " party at Swellendam quietly accepted British
rule
 .
The town is a trading centre of some importance, and in the surrounding
district
  are large sheep and ostrich farms. The neighbourhood is noted for its abundance of
everlasting
 
flowers
 .


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