ANC and the PAC, and arrested 98 Whites, 90 Indians, 36 Coloureds, and
11,279 Africans. The police jailed another 6,800 people, including the PAC
leaders, as well as beating hundreds of Africans and compelled them to
return to work. These measures broke up the campaign. They also deprived
Africans of the last chance of organizing
lawful, peaceful, countrywide
opposition to apartheid and forced the ANC leaders underground
to recon-
sider their strategy and goals.
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