Slagters Nek

After an incident with British soldiers, in which farmer Frederick Bezuidenhout was fatally wounded, his brother Johannes vowed revenge, and convinced a number of other people in the area to rebel.  This inevitably led to the rebels arrest, and some of them were sentenced to death and executed.  

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Get the full story of what is regarded by some as a catalyst to the Great Trek at the exhibition at the Somerset East Museum or click here to see the monument.