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A war of words : Dutch pro-Boer propaganda and the South African war (1899- 1902)

Kuitenbrouwer, J.J.V.

Publication date 2010

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Citation for published version (APA): Kuitenbrouwer, J. J. V. (2010). A war of words : Dutch pro-Boer propaganda and the South African war (1899-1902). Eigen Beheer.

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Table of contents

Preface i

Introduction 1 Historiography: Britain 3 Historiography: the Netherlands 10 Structure of the thesis 17 Notes on vocabulary 20

Part I: Principles of propaganda (1880-1899)

Chapter 1: ‘New Holland’ in ? Building a bridgehead between the Netherlands and the 23 Pro-Boers in the Netherlands 25 Hollanders in South Africa 34 The : a catalyst for pro-Boer propaganda 43 Conclusion 50

Chapter 2: ‘Blacks, Boers, and British’. South Africa in Dutch literature 53 Adventurers and armchair scholars 56 The ambivalences of stamverwantschap 64 The language question 69 Dutch views on English Africana 75 The ‘native’ question 81 The Uitlander question 86 Conclusion 90

Part II: A war of words (1899-1902)

Chapter 3: A ‘factory of lies’? The lines of communication of the Boers and their supporters 93 Boer diplomats 97 Fraying at the edges: the Dutch policy of neutrality 104 Repatriates and refugees 107 Evading censorship 116 Letters from the front line 122 Conclusion 127

Chapter 4: ‘A campaign of the pen’. The Dutch pro-Boer organisations 129 The NZAV from within 132 Pro-Boers and pillarisation 137 ‘A campaign of the pen’: the ANV press office 139 ‘Practical support’ or ‘impractical plans’: emigration schemes 149 Fundraising 155 Conclusion 162

Chapter 5: ‘Dum-dums of public opinion’. Pro-Boer propaganda, October 1899 - June 1900 165 ‘We know so well how you drifted into this war’ 167 ‘Afrika voor den Afrikaner’? 172 The Boer people’s army 178 Britain’s grave 186 From The Hague to Derdepoort: war atrocities 192 Conclusion 199

Chapter 6: ‘All will be well!’ Pro-Boer propaganda, June 1900 - June 1902 201 After the British occupation 203 and Handsoppers 206 ‘Methods of barbarism’ 212 ‘The English have a red haze before their eyes’: farm-burning 216 ‘That lethal idleness’ of being locked up: the treatment of PoWs 219 ‘A policy of torturing women’: concentration camps 224 The Peace of Vereeniging 231 Conclusion 236

Part III: The aftermath of pro-Boer propaganda (post-1902)

Chapter 7: ‘Whoever wants to create a future for himself, cannot lose sight of the past’. The aftermath of pro-Boer propaganda 239 Pro-Boers and public opinion after 1902 241 The Netherlands and 248 Building blocks for Afrikaner nationalism: Willem Leyds and historiography 257 Conclusion 277

Conclusion 279 The pro-Boer network and public opinion in the Netherlands 279 The Dutch and the Boers 282 The aftermath of the pro-Boer movement 284 Britishness and stamverwantschap 285

Summary/Samenvatting 289

Abbreviations 305

Illustrations 306

Bibliography 307