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Apartheid in South Africa. In the late 1800s the British colonized South Africa. After the British left, a minority group of whites ruled over the black Africans and instituted a system known as apartheid, which created legal separation of the races.
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In the late 1800s the British colonized South Africa. • After the British left, a minority group of whites ruled over the black Africans and instituted a system known as apartheid, which created legal separation of the races.
It established segregated school hospitals and neighborhoods • Blacks had no political rights • When Blacks tried to hold protest the authorities would break them up
The African National Congress (ANC) was the primary group that fought against apartheid. • Nelson Mandela was the most prominent leader of the ANC. • Mandela was arrested and spent 27 years in jail.
Eventually, countries around the world began to boycott South African products until the government ended Apartheid • The United States and UN began sanctions against • Under new President FW DeClerk, the South African government began to end the Apartheid system • And political prisoners were freed from jail • During the first real election, where everyone could vote, the people of South Africa elected Nelson Mandela as their president
