South Africa 1914 Sanitary Segregation and the Plague
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In 1901, bubonic plague struck Cape Town. The city's response set a terrifying precedent for racial segregation in South Africa—one that would echo through the next century. This episode unpacks how British colonial officials used public health as a pretext to forcibly remove Black residents from District Six to a location called Ndabeni, the city's first formal 'native location.' We trace the connections between plague control, the 1897 Plague Act in India, and the later Natives Land Act. Along the way, we meet Dr. A. J. Gregory, the medical officer who oversaw the removals, and hear how residents resisted. This is the story of how a sanitary cordon became a racial one. #BubonicPlague #CapeTown #DistrictSix #Ndabeni #Segregation #SanitarySegregation #SouthAfrica #PublicHealth #APOCape #1901 #PlagueAct #DrAJGregory #ColonialMedicine #ForcedRemovals #History #FexingoHistory #RacialSegregation #SouthAfricanHistory Keep every episode free: buymeacoffee.com/fexingo
