SOUTH AFRICAN EXPANSION AND UNION 185 
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BRITISF ™ 7 
British Territorlos 
rm German Southwest Afriot 
.rtuguese East Africa 
th African Unlon 
the Cape for 162 years, and the coming of some hundreds of 
Huguenots in 1688, introduced a racial element into the 
social and political life of the South African communities, 
which the British, who came into final possession of the col- 
ony in 1814, were inclined to minimize, but which has played 
an all-important role in the history of the country from that 
day to this. 
It is to be noted that the physical characteristics and the 
political and religious ideals of the Dutch inhabitants of the