Draft:The Vaal River Massacre

''This article will document what is known of the events that happened on the 23 of August 1836 on the Vaal River near the present town of Parys; what happened over the preceding days, and what happened in the immediate aftermath. The article will attempt to document those who died, and who survived. Historians regard the events at Kopjeskraal and Liebenbergskoppie as pivotal in the course of the Great Trek, the article will also attempt to document these interpretations.''

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Initial Sources
Johannes J. Retief. 2015. The Voortrekker and the Ndebele. Part One: Attacks at the Vaal River and Liebenbergskoppie. The South African Military History Society. Vol. 16, No. 6.

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