European, Bastaard. However, the purpose cannot be said to have been positive but negative, for it was presumed that the Europeans were superior in all ways to all other identified groups.
The opportunity created by the emergence of the Bastaards balanced by the crushing of opportunity in South Africa is examined by Legassick, et al. In a look at the settling of the Northern Frontier in the early 19th century, he shows that attempts of nonwhites to obtain social and political standing were transformed into new forms of economic and social oppression. The Bastaards, who compared to black Africans had some status, migrated to Griqualand. These mixed race people were Christians and sought to achieve some recognition from the colonial government. In order to achieve legitimacy, they asked the London Missionary Society to intervene with the colonial government on their behalf. However, it was also during this time that the Boer trekkers were on the move, and the Boers simply overtook all such efforts on behalf of nonwhites. Once the Boers had en
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