A few months after the arrival of the British, an end was made to this Republic.

Biography

He was born and baptized in 1743 near Bruintjies River, which was then the border of the Dutch Cape Colony. He married Anna Margaretha Van Staden in 1765. They had seven children together - three sons and four daughters. He farmed with his father, Hermanus Steyn d'Oude at Bruintjiesfontein near Swellendam until 1773, where he soon commanded respect

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