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General Smuts inspecting a South African native labour unit in France
General Smuts inspecting a South African native labour unit in France
This rather formal scene is thought to have been captured by the war photographer John Warwick Brooke. This is one of the proportionally few images of Black South Africans involved in the war effort. Due to South Africa's domestic policies at the time, Black South Africans were not allowed to bear arms and were instead involved in supporting roles. General Jan Christian Smuts (1870-1950), was b…
Contributors
- John Warwick Brooke
Subject
- Jan Christiaan, 1870-1950 Smuts
- South African Native Labour Contingent
- Generals
- Visiting
- Workers
Type of item
- Monograph
- Monograph
- Photograph
Contributors
- John Warwick Brooke
Subject
- Jan Christiaan, 1870-1950 Smuts
- South African Native Labour Contingent
- Generals
- Visiting
- Workers
Type of item
- Monograph
- Monograph
- Photograph
Providing institution
Aggregator
Rights statement for the media in this item (unless otherwise specified)
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/
Rights
- Available under Creative Commons license; Attribution, Non-commercial, ShareAlike
Issue date
- 2005
- 1914 - 1920
- 1914/1920
- 2005
Places
- Europe, France (nation )
Identifier
- 74548224
Extent
- 1 online resource
Is part of
- http://data.theeuropeanlibrary.org/Collection/a1219
Year
- 2005
Providing country
- United Kingdom
Collection name
First time published on Europeana
- 2014-04-06T13:22:38.315Z
Last time updated from providing institution
- 2016-05-31T08:46:06.527Z