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Authors: Linda Lee Chaikin
Yesterday's Promise (53 page)
In the interest of accuracy, I have included a list of historical dates and other facts used as the background for both
Tomorrow's Treasure
and
Yesterday's Promise
.
Historical Dates
| 1600s            | Protestant Dutch, later called Boers, arrive at the Cape in much the same time period as the Pilgrims arrived in America, both seeking freedom from religious persecution in Holland and England. |
| 1795â1803 | The British capture the Dutch East India Company and form their Cape Colony. |
| 1817 | Robert Moffat (1795â1883) was a Scottish pioneer missionary to South Africa who arrived in the Cape in 1817. He and his wife Mary opened mission stations in the interior, and their eldest daughter, Mary, married explorer David Livingstone. Mr. Moffat translated the Bible into the language of the Bechuanas. He served for 53 years and his model Kuruman station was a focal point of the Gospel. |
| 1835 | The Boers begin their Great Trek across the Orange and Vaal rivers to be free of British rule and to farm. |
| 1849â50 | Explorer and missionary David Livingstone's first expedition and discovery of Lake Ngami. |
| 1852 | Sand River Convention confirms the Boer Transvaal's independence. |
| 1854 | Independence of the Dutch Orange Free State. |
| 1867 | Diamonds are discovered in Cape Colony at Hopetown. |
| 1870 | Lobengula becomes chief of the Ndebele tribe. He moves into Mashonaland and makes slaves of many of the Shona, and resists Dutch and British from the area. The big Diamond Rush Kimberly founded (spelled Kimberley and Kimberly by some.) England annexes the diamond area, despite protests from the Boers in the Orange Free State. Cape Colony is given governing rights by Her Majesty. |
| 1879 | Zulu War |
| 1883 | Paul Kruger elected president of the Transvaal for the first time. |
| 1884 | A London convention on the Transvaal gives limited Boer independence. The great gold rush to the Transvaal begins, Johannesburg is founded. England annexes Zululand. Portugal refuses weapons to be delivered to English missionaries struggling against slavers on Lake Nyasa. |
| 1888 | Cecil Rhodes and allies gain a monopoly of the diamond mines at Kimberly and form De Beers Consolidated. |
| 1888 | Cecil Rhodes wins exclusive mining rights in Mashonaland and Matabeleland from Lobengula. |
| 1888 | Her Majesty awards a royal charter to form his British South Africa Company, BSA. |
| 1889 | Rhodes becomes prime minister at Cape Colony. |
| 1889 | The Pioneer Column sponsored by Rhodes's BSA make their trek into the Zambezi region (Mashonaland) to establish Fort Salisbury and eventually form Rhodesia. |
| 1891 | Her Majesty's Government permits the British South Africa Company to extend operations in Barotseland, which later becomes northern Rhodesia. |
| 1893 | Kruger is elected for his third term as the Transvaal president. |
| 1895 | Kruger ends isolation of the Transvaal by opening a railway from Pretoria and Johannesburg to Delagoa Bay in Mozambique. Kruger elected president of the Transvaal for fourth term, war with England. Boer War |
| 1902 | Peace Treaty signed at Pretoria between England and the Boers. |
| 1910 | Union of South Africa formed (31 May). |
BOUT THE
A
UTHOR
Linda Lee Chaikin has written eighteen books for the Christian market.
For Whom the Stars Shine
was a finalist for the prestigious Christy Award, and several of her novels have been awarded the Silver Angel for excellence. Many of Linda's books have been included on the bestseller list.
Behind the Stories
, a book about writers of inspirational novels, offers Linda's personal biography. She is a graduate of Multnomah Bible Seminary and taught neighborhood Bible classes for a number of years before turning to writing. She and her husband presently make their home in California.
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Copyright © 2004 by Linda Lee Chaikin
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Chaikin, L. L., 1943â
   Yesterday's promise / Linda Lee Chaikin.â1st ed.
       p. cm.â(East of the sun series ; 2)
1. BritishâSouth AfricaâFiction. 2. Conflict of generationsâFiction. 3. Gold
mines and miningâFiction. 4. WomenâEnglandâFiction. 5. South AfricaâFiction.
6. EnglandâFiction. I. Title.
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3553.
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2427
Y
47 2004
   813â².54âdc22
2003019786
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