The real reason for the protectorate

Friday, January 30, 2015

For those who are not well informed about the Bechuanaland Protectorate, history books have a lot to teach, but it takes an analytic mind to question the records.

A close analysis of the past will show that the establishment of the protectorate was only adopted to protect the British trade interests.

As history has taught many of us, the Whites’ main interest was the route to the north, which facilitated a lucrative trade with the northern states.

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