the mission stations, others squatted on Crown lands or moved to the
towns and villages, and for a time, many roamed the countryside, trying to
live by pilfering. As a result, white farmers were not only short of labor but
also the victims of social unrest; hence their demand for a law against
vagrancy and their disgust when the British government disallowed it.
Afrikaners
experienced further setbacks. Many who lived near the
Xhosa frontier lost livestock and other property during the invasion of
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