Colonial Attitudes Quotes
The Boers, the early Dutch settlers to South Africa were a “scurvey lot” who were very uneducated, narrow minded, and insular. They eventurally esterminated whole tribes of Blacks, caused the Boer War, and operated the disasterous apartheid era of South Africa. But the early Dutch governors of South Africa had great trouble with the Boers as well. See {583928} & {583928} for English similar assessments.
Describing T. E. Lawrence (Lawrence of Arabia):
He goes on to observe that the German’s are the most hated of the Europeans in large part because they mainly trade in rotgut liquor much of it poisoned which has a devastating effect on the Africans. (The English, in contrast had to have all alcohol inspected in London for safety, before it could leave for Africa.) The “kings” to which the Bishop referred are the rural tribal kings of whom there were more than a few. It is not as if there were a unified monarchy. Another interesting observation is that although Turner was one of Americas leading Blacks, he used the term frequently, but never capitalized it.
