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Slagtersnek or Slachter's Nek ("Butcher's pass") can refer to a physical place, or to the so-called Slagtersnek Rebellie (Slachter's Nek Rebellion or Slagtersnek Rebellion) of 1815, a traumatic event in the Cape history which served as a key incitement to increased resistance to British colonial rule and ultimately for the Great Trek of 1838.
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The historical event
The rebellion has been the theme of a number of fictional or documentary works.
Among them: Slagtersnek (Van Bruggen, 1938),
Slagtersnek, a documentary drama in two acts by J.R.L. van Bruggen (1895-1948)
The original text
Part of a collection of Afrikaans one-act documentary plays by Van Bruggen entitled Bakens: Gedramatiseerde mylpale uit die Groot Trek, aimed at commemorating the Great Trek of 1839. (Published in Johannesburg in 1938/9 by A.P.B., some of the plays performed in 1938)
It deals with the Slagtersnek (literally "Butcher's Neck", meaning "Butcher's pass") rebellion, when Dutch/Afrikaner farmers rebelled against the British government in the Cape Province. [1] in 1815.
Sources
Marisa Keuris. 2013. "J.R.L. van Bruggen (Kleinjan) se eenbedryf “Bloedrivier” uit Bakens: Gedramatiseerde mylpale uit die Groot Trek (1938/1939) – ’n terugblik vanuit 2013", LitNet Akademies 10(3)[2]
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